Career and Transition Support
Under the Career and Transition Support program, Local Community Partnerships work closely with schools to ensure that young people aged 13 to 19 years have access to a range of quality career development and transition support services.
The program complements state and territory programs and activities by accessing and building on current local practices.
Local Community Partnerships analyse their service region and then work with schools, industry, business and community groups to identify needs or gaps within existing services.
Under the Career and Transition Support program, Local Community Partnerships do not directly deliver services to young people. Their role is to facilitate organisations to work together to increase the availability of, access to and quality of such services within the region.
To support and improve local arrangements, Local Community Partnerships might assist by:
- organising assistance for young people to help them better understand their study and work options
- promoting vocational education and training pathways
- providing access to professional career advice
- promoting and improving mentoring opportunities in the area
- facilitating better communication between parents, teachers and career advisers
The majority of existing state and territory practices originated from the Ministerial Declaration Stepping Forward: Improving Pathways for All Young People, and its accompanying action plan. The concepts behind these documents informed the Footprints to the Future report and the career and transition services framework of the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs. The framework is a tool for planning and providing support services to young people. It is used by many organisations including education and training authorities, schools, community service providers, government agencies and industry bodies.
To download these and other career development and transition support resources visit the resources area.
