2. Not in Education, employment or
training
October – December 2013 – 1.4 million 16 – 24 yrs
were defined as NEET – 14.4% of total population of this
age group
Estimate that 1/3rd will have been depressed and 15%
will have a mental health problem
The longer the time you are NEET the greater the risk of
mental health need.
3. Times of Transition
Post-school and moving to college or employment
Childhood to adulthood
Moving services – mental health services, physical
health and social care.
4. Improving employability
More than Mentors – Newham and UCLP
- Young people – peer researchers (local need)
and mentors
- Local stakeholder group
- Clinical expert group
Peer Mentoring Forum - Haringey
IAPT/therapists in Job Centres
The WORKS – Individual Placement and Support.
5. Mentoring support with employability.
There is considerable evidence that structured
mentoring approaches using Positive Youth
Development models result in increased levels
of emotional resilience in both the mentor and
mentee and through doing so produce benefits
in domains including health, education,
employment and youth justice DuBois,
Holloway, Valentine, & Cooper, 2002; Jolliffe &
Farrington, 2007; Lewin-Bizan et al., 2010;
Maslow & Chung, 2013; Tolan, Henry,
Schoeny, Bass, & Tolan, 2008; Wheeler, Keller,
& DuBois, 2010)
