NATIONAL YOUTH
EMPLOYMENT BODY
WHAT IS THE
NATIONAL YOUTH EMPLOYMENT BODY?
AT A GLANCE
- Focus on youth unemployment hot spots
- COVID-19 impact on young people
- Changing nature of work
- 25 hours per week
NYEB in Focus
Why it is needed
As at July 2021, youth unemployment across Australia sits at 10.2%, while youth underemployment is at 17.4%. In unemployment hotspots including the NT, this figure is well over 20%.
The National Youth Employment Body focuses on closing this gap by:
- Applying specialised approaches to young people
- Connecting national approaches with local solutions
- Building evidence for what works in youth employment
- Addressing the changing nature of work
- Addressing the impacts of Covid-19 on young people
How it works
The NYEB is structured to improve approaches and outcomes in research, policy and practice:
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DEVELOPING AND TESTING AN OUTCOMES FRAMEWORK
Research co-design and in progress testing of the NYEB outcomes framework
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REFINING THE NYEB POLICY AMBITION
Building a policy framework, based on the refined ambition of the NYEB.
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ENABLING COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP FROM ALL SECTORS
Support the Lead Partner organisation to engage and mobilise new champions of young people and co-contribute to drive solutions.
What it achieves
The NYEB aims to enable all young people access to decent and meaningful work, and build a skilled workforce for local employers, now and into the future by:
- Working at the local and national level to identify and co-develop adaptable, place-based solutions
- Aligning investments in employment, skills and training and industry
- Inform a coherent and coordinated national approach to youth employment that is adaptable and tailored to place
NYEB in Action
Collaboration at a National and local level and across the private and public sectors to ensure Appropriate and effectice research, policy, implementation and advocacy.
Community Investment Committees
NYEB
Body Skills Trial Pathway
