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WHITTLESEA
YOUTH
COMMITMENT
people
• INTRODUCING THE TRANSITION
BROKERS
The role of
a Transition Broker is to assist potential early school leavers by providing
individual case management using a brokerage approach among local providers.
Transition Brokers assist young people make a smooth transition from school
to employment, training and further education. Transition Brokers are
responsible for tracking early school leavers who have left school before
completing their VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education, Year 12) and
to ensure that they have a known destination.
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key tasks of the Transition Brokers are: |
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To
clarify each student's reason for wanting to leave compulsory education |
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Assist
a young person to develop their individual pathway plan |
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Assist
in the decision making process including re-engaging potential early
school leavers into further education |
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Providing
support and linkages into existing services to ensure successful transition
from school to further education, training or employment |
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Follow
up each school leaver to ensure that they have a known destination,
and to provide assistance if it is required |
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Continue
tracking exited students as required in order to secure and sustain
their placement. |
The Transition
Broker Manual, Whittlesea Youth Commitment, prepared by Lee Demetriou
and Megan Fox whilst working as Transition Brokers.
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Lee
Demetriou
transition broker, whittlesea youth commitment
My
name is Lee Demetriou; I have been working as a Transition Broker
for the past 16 months. Prior to this I received my Bachelor of
Arts in Youth Affairs and soon after worked in a non-profit organisation
as a Residential Worker with young females between the ages of 14-17
for three months. Being a Transition Broker has been an effective,
rewarding and challenging position by responding to the individual
needs of every young person identified 'at risk' and planning an
effective and sustainable outcome and allowing young people to be
the soul decision makers in their quest to a secure future.
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Adriana
Lancuba
transition broker, whittlesea youth commitment
Hi!
I am Adriana Lancuba (the one with the big curly hair in the middle),
and I work in 3 of the 8 schools within the City of Whittlesea.
Prior to this I completed a BA of Youth Affairs in 1999. During
this course a did a variety of placements in areas such as recreation
at the Kensington Adventure Park, group work at Kildonan (a family
and youth support agency) and policy making at (what was then) Ethnic
Youth Issues Network. I gained employment and continue to work with
the Youth Activities Service (YAS) at Kildonan Child and Family
Services. YAS gives young people the opportunity to form friendships,
gain knowledge about relevant youth issues and gets them involved
in a variety of activities and outings, which they may not otherwise
have.
For
me the best part of working as a Broker is the face to face contact
I have with young people and assisting them in making informed decisions
about their future. Most young people really appreciate the fact
that they have someone "stalking" them, to make sure they are on
track. Furthermore, the fact that up until this point I have lived
in the City of Whittlesea my entire life, really makes me feel that
I am making a difference for young people in my own community.
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Liz
Crosara
transition broker, whittlesea youth commitment
Liz
Hi, I'm Liz Crosara and I'm one of the transition brokers with the
Whittlesea Youth Commitment. I am tertiary qualified with a BA from
Melbourne University and have worked for the last three years in
the Job Network intensively case managing long term unemployed.
I have now brought these case management skills over to the young
people I work with, and find the job both challenging and rewarding.
The most rewarding aspect of this job for me is the opportunity
to work with young people to prevent them from becoming long term
unemployed statistics later on in life.
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Megan
Fox
was
the first Transition Broker at Whittlesea Youth Commitment and in
fact Australia. She has left there and now works with TAFE students
as a case worker for Managed Individual Pathways..
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WHITTLESEA
YOUTH COMMITMENT
people
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INTRODUCING THE COMMUNITY TEAM
The
Collective efforts to develop a Youth Commitment in the City of Whittlesea
forged new relationships between providers which can be expressed as a
commitment to a Community Team. This team comprises at least one staff
member from each WYC agency and meets twice each school term, or eight
times a year. The Community Team is made up of staff from the "participating
agencies" who work directly with young people (from Centrelink, Job Network,
Group Training, Further Education, TAFE, Jobs Pathways Programme, youth
workers, community workers, Victoria Police, and each of the eight schools).
At least one member of each school's Transition Team attends the Community
Team meeting. The transition brokers also attend, and provide the Community
Team with data on the destinations of exiting students as they become
available term by term. The main purpose of the Community Team is to collaborate
in tracking the pathways taken by young people through the local service
system.
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following is a summary of the actions required of Community Team agencies
in tracking young people and providing assistance and on-going support
for students leaving secondary colleges. |
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Determine
the eligibility of the client for receiving a passport. Issue a Passport
Package if necessary |
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Counsel
the client regarding options and provide assistance in commencing
an Action Plan. |
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Determine
whether clients kept appointments with the agency that they have been
referred to and has been identified in the action plan. |
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Complete
Community Team Tracking Proforma and return to NIECAP on February
28 and June 30 of each year for processing. |
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