Manukau Youth Employment Project March 2004. THE OBJECTIVE Manukau City Council, Work and Income, and Tertiary Education Commission (formerly Skill New

Manukau Youth Employment Project

March 2004

THE OBJECTIVE

• Manukau City Council, Work and Income, and Tertiary Education Commission (formerly Skill New Zealand) working in partnership to achieve the Goals of Tomorrow’s Manukau:

• A supportive and responsive learning and training environment for registered youth

• A Manukau workforce with skills to match employer needs

• Organisations in Manukau working together to achieve results


WHY DO IT?

• To help Manukau youth gain qualifications and support transition from unemployment to full-time work

• To develop a community coalition that actively contributes to the vision of Tomorrow’s Manukau

• To add value to Council’s work with youth and provide tangible benefit to wider community


THE PLAN

• Manukau City Council

• Work and Income NZ

• Tertiary Education Commission

• Participants

• Duration of Project

• Project Leader, partial funder and work-based trainer

• Sponsor and partial funder

• Sponsor and contractor of pre-entry training

• 30 participants selected from Work and Income Registered Youth

• MCC, TEC and Work and Income to jointly select appropriate candidates for MYEP

• 12 Months


MCC’s CONTRIBUTION

• Work Based training, mentoring, employment grooming

• Documentation of training processes with key milestones and review dates

• Quarterly progress reports and final report with reference

• Assistance with referrals and setting up networks for cadets

• MCC, TEC and Work and Income to follow up after training success and PR opportunities


MENTORING - WHAT’S PROVIDED?

• Pools and Recreation

• Library

• Community Services

• Park Ranger/Officer

• Facility management/ maintenance

• Call Centre

• Customer Services

• Parking Warden

• Regulatory Admin Services

• Field/Health officer

• Secretarial and clerical work, HR, Payroll

• Administration support, Accounts

• Graffiti Removal

• City Beautification

• Parks and Gardens

• Accredited training provider to prepare participants for entry into cadetship

• Workbased training opportunities at Manukau City Council in a range of services including:


THE CADETS

• All under 25

• Unqualified or few qualifications

• Few or no formal work skills

• Out of work for six months and up to three years

• All face significant barriers and lack of opportunities when trying to re-enter workforce - employer attitudes, lack of self-confidence and self-esteem, and lack of work experience


2003 CADET PROFILE

• Name: Vai Amituanai

• Age: 20 years

• Qualifications: Seventh Form, Introductory Law Paper

• Unemployed: Seven months

• Work Experience: Packing supermarket orders at Progressive Enterprises in Mangere

• Job Description: Assistant to Executive Officer for the Pacific Island Advisory Committee (PIAC), Rouruina Brown.

• “I was ecstatic at being chosen - I didn’t think I stood a chance. There were lots of us competing to be cadets. It’s so amazing that the Council cares enough to give us a start in life. I love the work I’m doing. I get up early to be on time for work - I don’t want to waste this opportunity. I hope it’s a stepping stone to something bigger and better.”


2003 CADET PROFILE• Name: Wiremu Hohaia

• Age: 20 years

• Qualifications: Left school at 14

• Unemployed: Received unemployment benefit for two years

• Work Experience: • 4 months shaping surfboards• 3 months picking apples

• Current Job Description: Works with Child Youth Planner Tanya Kaihe and Chantelle Whaiapu, Co-ordinator for Toi o Manukau.

• “I didn’t expect to be selected as a cadet. I wasn’t sure what I had to offer.”

• Now that’s he’s had a taste of local government, Wiremu’s long-term goal is to work for Council permanently.“I didn’t know that jobs like this existed!”


BENEFITS TO MANUKAU YOUTH

• Skill development through workplace learning

• Transition to full-time employment supported with training and mentoring

• Development of sense of self worth and work ethic

• Exposure to employment opportunities and career development in Local Government


BENEFITS TO MANUKAU

• Improved training and employment participation rates

• Potential economic growth through an increasingly skilled local labour pool

• Reduced negative impact of unemployed and idle youth

• Enhanced social responsibility amongst youth - creating a sense of belonging and identity


BENEFITS TO WORK and INCOME

• Assist its youth priority groups into employment

• Reduces local unemployment register and beneficiary payments

• Strategic link forged between local and central government sectors

• Trials a model that may be used in other regions or for other priority groups


BENEFITS TO TERTIARY EDUCATION COMMISSION

• Contributes to TEC’s goal of developing opportunities for people to access foundation education and training leading to nationally recognised skills and qualifications and more employment opportunities

• Strategic link forged between local and central government sectors

• Mutual resources used to achieve joint social development aims

• Trials a model that may be used in other regions or for other priority groups


HOW TO ENSURE SUCCESS

• Commitment by all parties

• Structured process in place to train and mentor youth

• Measurements in place to track progress

• Unique project in terms of potential employability success rate


An Update on the 2003 cadets

• 21 cadets from the 2003 intake found employment either within Manukau City Council or outside employers.

• 2 cadets went onto further tertiary training

• 4 cadets did not complete the programme

• 3 cadets outcomes could not be confirmed at the completion of the programme

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2004 and beyond

• 30 cadets recruited in March 2004 for a second project yearIncreased staffing provided with a full-time Project Manager and Cadet Mentor funded through Work and Income.

• Structured process in place to train and mentor youth

• Formal review planned at the completion of 2004 project

• Project to be developed for 2005 to have a Manukau-wide focus and incorporate a number of Manukau employers

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Documents

Manukau Youth Employment Project March 2004. THE OBJECTIVE Manukau City Council, Work and Income, and Tertiary Education Commission (formerly Skill New