Youth services
Alternative labels
Youth work
Article
Effective ways to support youth into employment
Use these 10 fundamental principles to design and evaluate programs to most effectively counter the persistent problem of youth unemployment.
Journal article
A critical examination of the youth foyer model for alleviating homelessness: strengthening a promising evidence base
This article assesses the quality of 15 primary studies that examined the effectiveness of youth foyer or foyer-like programs on the lives of young homeless people.
Report
Social Action Partners: peer support for children and young people with intellectual disability and their families in Victoria
This project used a social action research approach with two groups of Victorian children and young people with intellectual disability aged 9-22 and their parents. The groups conducted research and provided peer support about their experiences with self-directed disability support. The intentions were to build capacity among children, young people and families for the transition...
Literature review
Evidence check: adolescents’ and young adults’ use of emergency departments
This Evidence Check review examined adolescents and young adults’ (AYAs) presentations to Emergency Departments. AYAs present primarily for musculoskeletal disorders, mental and behavioural disorders, and genitourinary, respiratory and infectious diseases and these differ proportionally among males and females. A number of ED presentations are avoidable. Factors influencing the use of EDs include a lack of...
Discussion paper
Who pays for youth disengagement and unemployment? A case for smarter thinking and for investment
Background: In March 2015 a Working Group was established by Andrew Neophytou (CEO, Inner Eastern Local Learning & Employment Network) on behalf of the Inner Metro Youth and Community Partnership (IMCYP). This Working Group was formed to discuss and consider actions around youth transitions and pathways, as a response to worrying levels of youth disengagement...