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2nd Annual Future of Youth Employment Forum

Key benefits of attending:• Gain insights on the future of work and the future of the youth workforce• Discuss how skilling and training can be connected to emerging workforce trends• Hear best practice strategies for quality re-engagement of young people• Enhance the quality, relevance and direction of skilling, transitions and pathways• Learn how latest policies and strategies can overcome entrenched disadvantage and barriers to employment• Explore key initiatives from the National Youth Employment Strategy

Quality engagement for effective transition to the changing world of work

24th-26th August 2016 | The Menzies, Sydney

Confirmed Speakers:Roy HowardRegional Director Programmes and Delivery SouthYoung Enterprise UK

Karen BorgChief Executive OfficerJobs for NSW (NSW Government)

Robin ShreeveChief Executive OfficerWestern Sydney Institute, TAFE NSW

Dr Stefan HajkowiczSenior Principal Scientist, Strategy and ForesightCSIRO

Karen OlverManager Policy and StrategyOffice for Youth, Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria

Advisory Panel:

Penelope ButtManager, Transitions and CareersEducation Directorate ACT

Mandy DownesDirector, Regional OperationsDepartment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships (DATSIP)

David ThompsonChief Executive OfficerJobs Australia

John PurcellGeneral ManagerCareer Links

Tom BaxterChief Executive OfficerOstara Australia

Claudia DevlinChief Executive OfficerYouth Connections

Ian CoombeChief Executive OfficerPlaygroup Queensland

Vicki CondonChief Executive OfficerRaise Foundation

Jack ArcherChief Executive OfficerRegional Australia Institute

Jo PretymanChief Executive OfficerI-Manifest

Professor Dineli MatherPro Vice Chancellor, Graduate EmploymentDeakin University

Rebecca BurdickSenior Policy Advisor Workforce SkillsNSW Business Chamber

Miriam WassefYouth OfficerBurwood City Council

Dr Kristen Moeller-SaxoneProject ManagerRipple Out of Home Care ProjectResearch FellowOrygen

Jill CoatesManagerEyre Futures SA

May LamSocial Innovation ManagerMarist Youth

Emeritus Professor Phil LewisNational Centre for Social and Economic ModellingUniversity of Canberra

Lali WiratungaNational ManagerDavidson Institute, Westpac

Melissa GormanDeputy PrincipalLiverpool Boys High School

Margaret O’BrienConvenorYoung Change Agents

David ThompsonChief Executive OfficerJobs Australia

Paul GreenChief Executive OfficerCVGT

John PurcellGeneral ManagerCareer Links

Lali WiratungaNational ManagerDavidson Institute, Westpac

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LEADING INDUSTRY INITIATIVES10:00 Building workforce capability in young Australians • What are employers looking for? • Connecting youth skilling with the future of work • Delivering graduate capability and employability Lali Wiratunga, National Manager, Davidson Institute, Westpac10:30 Making the right linkages between youth and workforce • Improving school and university transitions • Reducing barriers to employer uptake of Australian Apprenticeships • Employer engagement and ownership Rebecca Burdick, Senior Policy Advisor Workforce Skills, NSW Business Chamber11:00 Morning tea

OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO ENGAGEMENT11:30 The RAISE strategy for mentoring for at risk teenagers • Resilience and coping strategies • Smart goals identification and measured achievement • Engagement with education and employment – ISMO, Youth Frontiers, BUMP and Career programmes in schools Vicki Condon, Chief Executive Officer, Raise Foundation12:00 PANEL DISCUSSION Youth perspectives of re-engagement • Critical issues affecting youth employment outcomes • Raising awareness of the real issues • Becoming a part of planning and implementation – leadership and mentoring Moderator: John Purcell, General Manager, Career Links Panellists: Miriam Wassef, Youth Worker, Burwood City Council Margaret O’Brien, Convenor, Young Change Agents12:40 Developing peer and youth led programmes for vulnerable and disengaged youth • Improving mental health of youth between 12 and 17 years living in out of home care • Impact of serious disadvantage and trauma early in life on socialisation and workforce readiness • Delivering holistic outcomes Dr Kristen Moeller-Saxone, Project Manager, Ripple Out of Home Care Project, and Research Fellow, Orygen1:10 Luncheon2:10 Holistic strategies to re-engage and support youth with mental health issues • Examining the vocational and non-vocational barriers for youth with mental health issues • Delivering meaningful support and services • How to work with businesses to engage youth with mental disabilities Tom Baxter, Chief Executive Officer, Ostara

2:40 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION Challenges for service providers in supporting youth at risk • Understanding the child or young person’s risks, needs, goals, and strengths • Key learning, social and/or behavioural outcomes sought from re-engagement program • Maintaining school-based and/or external strategies to support the child effectively Facilitators: Lali Wiratunga, National Manager, Davidson Institute, Westpac Margaret O’Brien, Convenor, Young Change Agents Rebecca Burdick, Senior Policy Advisor Workforce Skills, NSW Business Chamber

STRENGTHENING EDUCATION TO EMPLOYMENT LINKAGE STRATEGIES

3:10 The changing employment landscape for graduates • Deregulation and broadening participation in education • Implications for supply and demand of graduate jobs • Developing an early career development model Professor Dineli Mather, Pro Vice Chancellor, Graduate Employment, Deakin University3:40 Youth-led initiative to create entrepreneurship • Creating the opportunity to exercise leadership and increase capacity to work • Youth-led approach to challenge young people to lead the way • Making youth the stakeholders of their immediate future Margaret O’Brien, Convenor, Young Change Agents4:10 Afternoon tea4:30 Creating environments where young people can achieve purposeful futures • Working with young people to understand and develop resonant programs that address real issues • Diverse and alternative pathways to enhance employability and skills • Transition to work for youth with disadvantages Claudia Devlin, Chief Executive Officer, Youth Connections 5:00 Using volunteering and community work as a pathway to work and work readiness • Building experience and general work capabilities • Enabling work for young people with limited skills • Building self-confidence, understanding and self-worth Ian Coombe, Chief Executive Officer, Playgroup Queensland5:30 Closing remarks from the Chair and end of conference

8:30 Welcome and registration

8:50 Opening remarks from Chair David Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, Jobs Australia

THE FUTURE OF WORK AND THE YOUTH WORKFORCE9:00 MINISTERIAL ADDRESS Drivers for youth workforce policy Invitation to be extended post elections

9:20 The digitally enabled workforce • Examining the six megatrends and scenarios for the digital economy • Implications for individuals, communities, companies, and government • Planning for a digitally enabled workforce Dr Stefan Hajkowicz, Senior Principal Scientist, Strategy and Foresight, CSIRO

9:50 The national policy landscape for youth employment • The state of play for the Australian youth workforce • Overview of current policy and emerging reforms • Examining the resonance of policy, funding and strategy with the needs of young people • Looking beyond just the allocation of funding for jobs • Developing a holistic and meaningful support system for young people at risk May Lam, Social Innovation Manager, Marist Youth Care

EXAMINING STATE AND REGIONAL POLICY INITIATIVES10:20 Directions for investment in youth employment • Examining the assessment framework for investment in job creation • Strategic directions to create pathways to the workforce • The Jobs for Tomorrow Scholarship Karen Borg, Chief Executive Officer, Jobs for NSW (NSW Government)

10:50 Morning tea

11:20 Consultation and engagement with vulnerable young people • Reaching the stakeholders to inform and drive effective policy making • Engaging youth to drive focus and direction for meaningful strategies • The Victorian strategy for youth workforce participation Karen Olver, Manager Policy and Strategy, Office for Youth, Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria

11:50 Developing a regional action plan • The key issues challenging youth employment in regional Australia • Developing a systems approach to training and work transitions • Cross sector collaboration to engage youth at high risk of disengagement in regions Jack Archer, Chief Executive Officer, Regional Australia Institute

CONFERENCE DAY ONE | WEDNESDAY, 24TH AUGUST 201612:20 Connecting transition strategies with workforce demands • Supporting a transition network across public schools • Enabling students to explore tentative career choices • The Pathways plan Penelope Butt, Manager, Transitions and Careers, Education Directorate ACT

12:50 Luncheon

TRANSITIONING TO THE WORKFORCE1:50 Changing dynamics of youth employment • How technology is reshaping the youth employment market • The demand for higher skills for the first job opportunity • Vulnerability in economic downturns and impact on sustainable participation Emeritus Professor Phil Lewis, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra

2:20 Implementing a strong national youth transitioning strategy • The social cost of youth unemployment • Drivers for a sustained national youth transition focus • Defining clear and supported pathways – quality vs quantity John Purcell, General Manager, Career Links

2:50 FOCUS SESSION Quality of school career advice strategies Each speaker will present for 15 minutes. While the first speaker will lay out the broad issues the following two speakers present case studies that speak to the key challenges. This is followed by a discussion. • Defining the key indicators for a good careers advice programme • Looking beyond preconceived notions of what students want to achieve • Using careers advice to motivate, support and lift aspiration Jo Pretyman, Chief Executive Officer, I-Manifest Melissa Gorman, Deputy Principal, Liverpool Boys High School

3:50 Afternoon tea

INDIGENOUS YOUTH WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION4:20 Indigenous transitions to the workforce • The key factors influencing and driving employment outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island youth • Strategies for well defined, collaborative, culturally sound and meaningful transitions Mandy Downes, Director, Regional Operations, Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships (DATSIP)

4:50 Leadership and capacity building for Indigenous youth • Building collaborative partnerships with stakeholders including community • Fostering a strategic whole-of-community approach to support and engage Indigenous youth • Examining key programmes, models and outcomes Jill Coates, Manager, Eyre Futures SA

5:20 Closing remarks from Chair and end of conference day one

8:30 Welcome and registration8:50 Opening remarks from Chair John Purcell, General Manager, Career Links

THE QUALITY OF ENGAGEMENT9:00 Empowering youth to harness skills for business and life • Primary School – Showing young people how their world works • Sampling the enterprise experience • Tertiary – Building graduate capability, enterprise and business skills Roy Howard, Regional Director Programmes and Delivery South, Young Enterprise UK

CONFERENCE DAY TWO | THURSDAY, 25TH AUGUST 20169:30 Developing a robust, coordinated, diverse system of re-engagement • Designing pathways to help youth and young adults reconnect to education • Supporting sustained progress toward a college or career credential and living wage work • The challenges for inclusion Robin Shreeve, Chief Executive Officer, Western Sydney Institute, TAFE NSW

This was probably the best conference I attended in many years.

– Peter Skaines, CONNECT Northern Rivers Inc.

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2nd Annual Future of Youth Employment Forum

LEADING INDUSTRY INITIATIVES10:00 Building workforce capability in young Australians • What are employers looking for? • Connecting youth skilling with the future of work • Delivering graduate capability and employability Lali Wiratunga, National Manager, Davidson Institute, Westpac10:30 Making the right linkages between youth and workforce • Improving school and university transitions • Reducing barriers to employer uptake of Australian Apprenticeships • Employer engagement and ownership Rebecca Burdick, Senior Policy Advisor Workforce Skills, NSW Business Chamber11:00 Morning tea

OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO ENGAGEMENT11:30 The RAISE strategy for mentoring for at risk teenagers • Resilience and coping strategies • Smart goals identification and measured achievement • Engagement with education and employment – ISMO, Youth Frontiers, BUMP and Career programmes in schools Vicki Condon, Chief Executive Officer, Raise Foundation12:00 PANEL DISCUSSION Youth perspectives of re-engagement • Critical issues affecting youth employment outcomes • Raising awareness of the real issues • Becoming a part of planning and implementation – leadership and mentoring Moderator: John Purcell, General Manager, Career Links Panellists: Miriam Wassef, Youth Worker, Burwood City Council Margaret O’Brien, Convenor, Young Change Agents12:40 Developing peer and youth led programmes for vulnerable and disengaged youth • Improving mental health of youth between 12 and 17 years living in out of home care • Impact of serious disadvantage and trauma early in life on socialisation and workforce readiness • Delivering holistic outcomes Dr Kristen Moeller-Saxone, Project Manager, Ripple Out of Home Care Project, and Research Fellow, Orygen1:10 Luncheon2:10 Holistic strategies to re-engage and support youth with mental health issues • Examining the vocational and non-vocational barriers for youth with mental health issues • Delivering meaningful support and services • How to work with businesses to engage youth with mental disabilities Tom Baxter, Chief Executive Officer, Ostara

2:40 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION Challenges for service providers in supporting youth at risk • Understanding the child or young person’s risks, needs, goals, and strengths • Key learning, social and/or behavioural outcomes sought from re-engagement program • Maintaining school-based and/or external strategies to support the child effectively Facilitators: Lali Wiratunga, National Manager, Davidson Institute, Westpac Margaret O’Brien, Convenor, Young Change Agents Rebecca Burdick, Senior Policy Advisor Workforce Skills, NSW Business Chamber

STRENGTHENING EDUCATION TO EMPLOYMENT LINKAGE STRATEGIES

3:10 The changing employment landscape for graduates • Deregulation and broadening participation in education • Implications for supply and demand of graduate jobs • Developing an early career development model Professor Dineli Mather, Pro Vice Chancellor, Graduate Employment, Deakin University3:40 Youth-led initiative to create entrepreneurship • Creating the opportunity to exercise leadership and increase capacity to work • Youth-led approach to challenge young people to lead the way • Making youth the stakeholders of their immediate future Margaret O’Brien, Convenor, Young Change Agents4:10 Afternoon tea4:30 Creating environments where young people can achieve purposeful futures • Working with young people to understand and develop resonant programs that address real issues • Diverse and alternative pathways to enhance employability and skills • Transition to work for youth with disadvantages Claudia Devlin, Chief Executive Officer, Youth Connections 5:00 Using volunteering and community work as a pathway to work and work readiness • Building experience and general work capabilities • Enabling work for young people with limited skills • Building self-confidence, understanding and self-worth Ian Coombe, Chief Executive Officer, Playgroup Queensland5:30 Closing remarks from the Chair and end of conference

8:30 Welcome and registration8:50 Opening remarks from Chair John Purcell, General Manager, Career Links

THE QUALITY OF ENGAGEMENT9:00 Empowering youth to harness skills for business and life • Primary School – Showing young people how their world works • Sampling the enterprise experience • Tertiary – Building graduate capability, enterprise and business skills Roy Howard, Regional Director Programmes and Delivery South, Young Enterprise UK

9:30 Developing a robust, coordinated, diverse system of re-engagement • Designing pathways to help youth and young adults reconnect to education • Supporting sustained progress toward a college or career credential and living wage work • The challenges for inclusion Robin Shreeve, Chief Executive Officer, Western Sydney Institute, TAFE NSW

9:00AM – 12:00PM • WORKSHOP A

DELIVERING EFFECTIVE MENTORING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISKMentoring from a positive role model provides a nurturing pathway for teenagers to feel supported especially at times when they are at risk of disengaging and are unable to talk to other significant adults in their lives. This workshop considers the power of mentorship in helping young people deal with ongoing challenges while staying engaged in work and education and the community. It looks at the skills and capabilities for mentoring young people at different stages.

• Considering the theory and evidence base for mentoring• Examining the good principles for effective practice• Types and contexts for mentoring and the contexts – traditional, group, peer,

team and e-mentoring• Clarifying the focus, roles and relationships within the process• Exploring diverse risks and challenges and strategies for effective mentorship• Focusing on outcomes for young people – reducing risk, enhancing self

esteem and resilience, setting goals and enabling participation and opportunity

1:00PM – 4:00PM • WORKSHOP B

ENABLING PATHWAYS AND BUILDING CAPABILITIES THROUGH PROJECT BASED LEARNINGThe effectiveness of pathways to the workforce for young people is greatly enhanced when learning is project based. It encourages young people to investigate, understand, collaborate, problem solve and respond to complex questions in particular areas of interest to deliver active and meaningful learning. Beyond the particular technological and theoretical skills, such learning enables general capabilities for young people entering the workforce. This workshop considers how pathways can be strengthened through project based learning. Participants look at how cross sector collaboration between schools, community agencies and industry can deliver meaningful pathways.

• Designing programs to create aligned, resilient and flexible young people through authentic, project-based learning

• Closing legitimate gaps in both skills and knowledge and between generations• How to connect, relate, adapt and tap into and utilise their innate skills and creativity• Fostering of creativity, design thinking, entrepreneurship and innovation• Developing active collaborations with business and industry

POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS | FRIDAY, 26TH AUGUST 2016

Facilitator:Vicki CondonChief Executive OfficerRaise Foundation

Facilitator:Jo PretymanChief Executive OfficerI-Manifest

Facilitator:Melissa GormanDeputy PrincipalLiverpool Boys High Schoolt

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