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Actionworks Partnership: Empowering Youth for Success

Learn about Actionworks' achievements in reducing youth unemployment, improving participation rates, and providing essential support services to help young people thrive. Discover our innovative technologies and ongoing efforts to enhance services in collaboration with key agencies. Join us in shaping a brighter future for youth.

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Actionworks Partnership: Empowering Youth for Success

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  1. A partnership between

  2. The Local Landscape

  3. Key Facts • Actionworks Key Statistics • A reduction of 92% in the number of 18-19 year olds in receipt of Unemployment Benefit. • An increase in the level of participation from 36% to 95% of 16-17 year olds receiving Independent Youth Benefit. • Case management of 3120 young people aged from 16-19 during the last fiscal year • 38 schools in Canterbury advising Actionworks when a young person leaves school.

  4. Actionworks & Technology • By investing in new technologies we have provided multiple vehicles for young people to connect with Actionworks. • Interactive Website • ActionText System • Kiosks

  5. Issues • Service Delivery for young people is not always straightforward • Literacy and numeracy issues with school leavers • A increasing number of young people with drug and alcohol issues • The number of young people accessing the service is dynamic and changes with social and political influences • Funding

  6. The Future • We are constantly striving to improve the services offered by Actionworks to young people • Working with young people on other benefit types • Greater engagement with other key agencies working with youth i.e. Police, Health, Child Youth and Family, TEC • Better identification of school leavers through the Moving On School Leaver Tracking Programme

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