Youth Engagement and Progression Framework

1. Youth Engagementand Progression Framework Jo Banks Head of Youth Support and Guidance Department for Education and Skills

2. Background • Significant and sustained reduction in young people not in education, employment and training • Our response – Youth Engagement and Progression Framework • Local Authority primary audience • Approach not set in stone – partners and stakeholders critical for implementation

3. Young people not in education, employment or training in Wales: comparison of estimates in the Statistical First Release and using the Annual Population Survey1 (calendar year) (p) SFR: Year end 2012 is provisional 1For years 2001-2003 the source is the annual Local Labour Force Survey for Wales

4. Young people not in education, employment or training in Wales, age 16-18, Wales and England

5. Targets • To reduce the number of young people who are not in employment, education or training aged 16-18 to 9 per cent by 2017. At the end of 2012, the figure was 10.2 per cent • To reduce the proportion of young people who are not in employment, education or training aged 19-24 in Wales relative to the UK as a whole by 2017

6. Development of the Framework • Trialling of the 6 parts of the framework ran from January to July 2013 with eight Local Authorities • In February 2013 Cabinet agreed the new approach and planned implementation of the framework • Implementation Plan signed off by the Minister in July 2013 • Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology launched the plan on 1 October 2013

7. The Framework

8. Early identification • Setting core standards for early identification in Wales • Developing effective early identification systems pre and post-16 • Using early identification to start identifying support needs

9. Brokerage • Setting out a clear specification for the lead worker role • Targeting lead workers to support those at most risk of disengagement • Supporting effective practice in the delivery of lead worker roles

10. Tracking • Strengthening school and local authority tracking pre-16 • Strengthening tracking during the transition from pre to post-16 through the Area Prospectus and Common Application Process • Strengthening tracking 16-18 • Strengthening tracking at all ages by more effective sharing and use of data • Strengthening tracking at 18 and beyond

11. Provision • Stronger mapping of existing provision • Implementing the new Youth Guarantee • Working with providers to improve the existing offer • Targeting new provision at unmet needs

12. Employability and progression • Strengthen employer engagement in schools • Develop qualifications which promote employability skills • Develop an offer for young people in Jobs Without Training (JWT) • Continue to build on the success of our existing programmes post-16

13. Accountability • Holding local authorities and partners to account regularly for implementation of the framework • Publishing comparable performance data by local authority for 16, 17 and 18 year old destinations • Developing provider level destination measures

14. Next steps • Two year programme – implementation about refining and changing • WG lead contacts identified to support the 22 LAs in Wales • WG to meet all LAs to discuss their approach to implementation by end January 2014 • LAs to submit their overall plan for youth engagement and progression by end March 2014

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