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1. Transitions Forum
NPP YAT Career Development

2. Brain Surgeon - That Mitchell & Webb Look , Series 3 - BBC Two
Uploaded to UTube by BBC on Jun 9, 2009http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo
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It’s all about good networking …
Our “Call to Action” today
Make the Connections …
Build on the Relationships

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KEY POINTS
* Today’s Transition Forum is a unique networking
opportunity to support you help other people
* You shouldn’t work in isolation in schools. Today you
have an opportunity to network and build capacity
* Ruth’s said successful schools where schools that:
• Build partnership and leadership capacity
• Engage with parents
• Cluster with other schools, with industry
• Where schools are flexible in clearing time for students
• Have a Plan B for their students.

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Rob Gibson suggested:
“It's not what you know, it's who you know and
who they know” …
“When you create effective networks and
cultivate relationships you build opportunities for
your students, and
the contacts you make today and the connections
you establish can help develop the level of
success needed to assist your students”.

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Rob made a number of key points:
* Good Networking is finding ways to be helpful to others, its not about “What do I
get out of it!” … be a giver not a taker.
* In building sustainable relationships we need to know what is most important to
them!
* Listen and ask questions and learn about people is the key to relationship
building. Find out, what is important to them, and of cause they need to
know, what is important to you.
* Make this part of your routine to help people. Helping other people succeed –
they are most likely to help you succeed
* Always stay in touch not just when you need something
* Consider people you need to reconnect with.
* Face to face is more effective … it’s about dialogue not monologue

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Building your network …. Remember the acronym … “LINK” …
* L – LINE OF WORK– what I do. What their line of
work is.
* I - BE INTERESTED IN PEOPLE- What is their
interest outside of work. “Build the personal
connection”.
* N - NEEDS - What do they need, what are they
looking to achieve.
* K – KNOW WHO THEY KNOW and what they know

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* They target young people at risk who have left
school, or who are thinking of leaving school, to
continue with their education, and ultimately, gain a
Year 12 (or equivalent) level education.
* They provide short term intervention and
individualised and flexible case management to assist
young people to remain engaged or re-engage with
education and to improve their ability to make positive
life choices.
* They run re-engaging and outreach activities for
young people in the community and work to strengthen
services.

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The Partnership Broker program is focused on building
partnerships to support students to attain Year 12 or
equivalent qualifications … They will:
* Create new partnerships and enhance existing partnerships
between your school, industry, parents and the local community.
* Assist schools to enter into arrangements that will provide
learning experiences for the students to improve levels of
participation, engagement and attainment.
* Work with schools to identify needs, and work with the school
partners to achieve these partnership needs.
* Design programs to foster a strategic and sustainable, whole of
community approach to improving education and transition
outcomes for the student.

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The Career Centre provides free and independent training
information and career guidance and multi-modal website. The
Centre can provide:
* Information about education and training courses
* Information about skills shortages
* Assist if a student is unsure about career direction or learning
options
* Assist a student with career planning and career decision making.
* Explore occupational, industry and labour market information
* Discover career interests
* Clarify skills and values
* Look at options and provide help to make good choices
* Create a plan for action.

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* There are 14 main Workforce Development Centres across
WA, including eight regional centres, four metropolitan and two
specialist providers that deliver high quality career development
services from 34 sites throughout the State. They offer:
* Personalised career guidance sessions: providing students with
objective and professional career guidance.
* Career action plans: a career practitioner will work with a student
to develop an action plan tailored to their needs providing
information on training options, job and labour market information
and other referral information.
* Employability workshops: assisting students with job search skills.
* School based activities: providing career guidance workshops for
students at your school.

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* Promote services for Aboriginal people through its mobile
vans / exhibition facilities during outreach visits across
metropolitan and regional Western Australia
* Provide access to an on-site auditorium that can be used
by service providers to host forums to inform Aboriginal job
seekers about services
* Provide advice on cultural competency training and
workplace mentoring to support individual students
transition into the workforce
* Provide advice and information to address barriers to
Aboriginal workforce participation.

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* Support Vocational Education and Training in schools to align with local
employment opportunities
* They promote and support careers and career pathways
* Formulate market intelligence on skills supply and demand, in
particular, current or emerging skills shortages important for student
career planning
* Consult with all stakeholders including industry, training organisations
and the government to provide quality advice and information on training
and related matters to schools and the community
* Provide a leadership role in promoting the training industry, including
partnerships between industry and the training sector
* Provide high level strategic information and advice on the training
needs and priorities of industry to schools
* Engage with industry to gather intelligence for the development of the
Environmental Scan and Workforce Development Plan for WA
* Coordinate the establishment and variation of traineeships and
apprenticeships

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* Make the Connections,
Build the Relationships …
this supports improved
education and transition
outcomes for all young
people …
CONTACT DETAILS AT:
http://www.careercentre.dtwd.wa.gov.au/practitioners/Pages/Practitioners.aspx