Youth Employability
To make it possible for all 14-24-year-olds to gain the insight, confidence and skills to get work, keep work and create careers.
Our vision is every young person in New Zealand is employable.
WHAT WE DO #
- We build customised programmes and resources to build employability skills in young people.
- We support providers to deliver quality programmes.
- We train people to be facilitators of a Youth Employability Programme (YEP), designed to help young people be work ready.
- We encourage the business community to support youth employability through providing work experience opportunities and jobs.
- We provide an online assessment recording tool.
At regional and national levels we achieve this by:
- Building Partnerships: Through collaborative leadership, developing partnerships in every area of the youth employability eco-system
- Focusing on sustainable growth, developing robust and scaleable organisational and programme delivery infrastructures
- Supporting capability and capacity development in the youth employability eco-system
- Providing quality assurance to ensure training, facilitation and programme delivery meet quality standards
- Building programmes, services and resources that are fit for purpose
- Through advocacy, advocating for youth employability to become social and economic priorities.
- Through equity promotion, aligning the youth employability agenda with the Treaty of Waitangi and the Code of Ethics - Ara Taiohi, and identifying and removing equity barriers to success.
WHAT IS THE YOUTH EMPLOYABILITY PROGRAMME ABOUT? #
YEP helps 14 - 24 year-olds to gain the insight, confidence and skills to get work, keep work and create careers.
They build on the seven key employability skills that employers say they want.
- Positive attitude
- Willingness to learn
- Communication
- Thinking skills
- Teamwork
- Resilience
- Self-management
YEP can be customised for the particular needs of the young person involved, for instance the generic programme includes,
- 18 - 20 hours of skill-building workshops
- 10 - 20 hours of voluntary work experience
- 80 hours work experience with a local business
- Skills based assessment
But we can work with you to make it fit-for-purpose.
The workshops are delivered by a skilled facilitator.
I'd like to know more about becoming a facilitator.
Young people graduate with the 'Licence to Work' certificate. This shows employers that they are work ready.
WHERE CAN YEP BE IMPLEMENTED? #
YEP is modular and can be implemented in a wide range of youth education, training or service settings, such as:
- Secondary schools and alternative education
- Kura kaupapa and iwi organisations
- Private training providers (PTEs)
- Youth service providers
- Community youth groups
- Other
‘That YEP Guy’ – A campaign of the Youth Employability Programme ‘That YEP Guy’ – A campaign of the Youth Employability Programme">#
Led by #ThatYEPGuy his entertaining and educational videos talk about self-care, to preparing yourself for the workforce to building resilience.
The more we wrap support around our younger generation and encourage them to build self-resilience and more, the better chance they have to succeed, particularly during this uncertain time.
All videos and resources here
HOW DO I BECOME A YEP FACILITATOR? #
If you are interested in implementing YEP in your school or orgainsation, Youth Employability will provide the training and support, manuals and workbooks, and an online tracking system you need. To find out more, please get in touch: Tell me more about YEP.
