fee-free scholarships for young people (aged 15-17) in out-of-home care and ●● young people (aged 18-30) who have previously been in care support payments to foster, relative and kinship carers to help young people in ●● out-of-home care complete the HSC or equivalent after they turn 18 expansion of scholarships for students living in social housing ●● implementation of the Wellbeing Framework for Schools across all public ●● schools to improve student engagement and wellbeing Supported Students, Successful Students initiative, which provides additional ●● school counselling services and flexible wellbeing resources to support students and their families Premier’s Priority to create 150,000 new jobs by 2019 ●● increased employment support, particularly for young people through the ●● Smart, Skilled and Hired program identification of youth unemployment as a priority for social impact investment. ●● Potential further opportunities to empower people include: maintaining connections to schools for young people who are homeless or at ●● risk of homelessness linking people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness with education, ●● training and employment support improving available supports for building skills in retaining employment, and ●● providing supports to address challenges for new employees in the workplace. Discussion questions How can employment initiatives be linked with other initiatives to support housing and ●● homelessness outcomes? Where are there opportunities to improve how employment, training and education ●● services help prevent homelessness? Putting people at the centre of responding to homelessness People experiencing homelessness highlight the difference it makes in their lives when someone takes the time to understand the problem and is willing to help them. This doesn’t need to be in a homeless service. However, a negative experience can set them back and prevent them from asking for help in the future. Potential opportunities to put people at the centre of responding to homelessness could include: changing perceptions of homelessness across the service system ●● building trust between clients and services ●● increasing skills in the mainstream workforce, especially around ●● practice
●● fee-free scholarships for young people (aged 15-17) in out-of-home care and young people (aged 18-30) who have previously been in care ●● support payments to foster, relative and kinship carers to help young people in out-of-home care complete the HSC or equivalent after they turn 18 ●● expansion of scholarships for students living in social housing ●● implementation of the Wellbeing Framework for Schools across all public schools to improve student engagement and wellbeing ●● Supported Students, Successful Students initiative, which provides additional school counselling services and flexible wellbeing resources to support students and their families ●● Premier’s Priority to create 150,000 new jobs by 2019 ●● increased employment support, particularly for young people through the Smart, Skilled and Hired program ●● identification of youth unemployment as a priority for social impact investment. Potential further opportunities to empower people include: ●● maintaining connections to schools for young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness ●● linking people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness with education, training and employment support ●● improving available supports for building skills in retaining employment, and providing supports to address challenges for new employees in the workplace. Discussion questions ●● How can employment initiatives be linked with other initiatives to support housing and homelessness outcomes? ●● Where are there opportunities to improve how employment, training and education services help prevent homelessness? Putting people at the centre of responding to homelessness People experiencing homelessness highlight the difference it makes in their lives when someone takes the time to understand the problem and is willing to help them. This doesn’t need to be in a homeless service. However, a negative experience can set them back and prevent them from asking for help in the future. Potential opportunities to put people at the centre of responding to homelessness could include: ●● changing perceptions of homelessness across the service system ●● building trust between clients and services ●● increasing skills in the mainstream workforce, especially around practice
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