Youth Unemployment Workshop Pobal / SICAP Seminar on Wider Engagement with Target Groups Irish National Organisation of the Unemployment Presentation May 4th 2016

Presentation Focus Youth Unemployment Pathways to Work 2016 - 2020 Youth Guarantee SICAP

Unemployment QNHS Q1 2006 to Q4 2015

Employment QNHS Q1 2006 to Q4 2015

Pathways to Work 2016 – 2020 Strands Enhanced engagement with unemployed people of working age: 15 actions Increase the employment focus of activation programmes and opportunities: 10 actions Making work pay – incentivise the take-up of opportunities: 12 actions Incentivising employers to offer jobs and opportunities to unemployed people: 18 actions Build organisational capability to deliver enhanced services to people who are unemployed: 16 actions Building Workforce Skills: 15 actions

Youth Guarantee in Ireland Young people under the age of 18 years, who have left the school system without completing secondary education, and who have failed to find employment, will be provided with a quality ‘second-chance’ educational / training pathways outside the school system such as Youthreach or be supported in re-entering the school system Young people aged 18-24 years who become unemployed (whether on loss of a job or while seeking a first employment) and register with the benefits/employment service, and who subsequently remain unemployed for four months, will be provided with assistance to secure work or alternatively with a quality offer of training, education or work experience.

Pathways to Work: Youth Guarantee Under Strand 2 4.Continue to implement the actions set out in the Youth Guarantee implementation plan and in addition: 4.1 Increase the relative share of workplace-based interventions (Gateway, TÚS, Positive to Work etc.) for youth unemployed. 4.2 Restructure by Q1 2016 the First Steps programme for young unemployed people to improve take-up by offering a higher level of support to jobseekers and employers. 4.3 Ensure the frequency of engagement with all young unemployed people is a minimum of one case officer meeting per month. 4.4 Implement the Defence Forces Skills for Life employment support programme.

Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme To support and resource disadvantaged communities and marginalised target groups to engage with relevant local and national stakeholders in identifying and addressing social exclusion and equality issues; To support individuals and marginalised target groups experiencing educational disadvantage so they can participate fully, engage with and progress through life-long learning opportunities through the use of community development approaches; To engage with marginalised target groups/individuals and residents of disadvantaged communities who are unemployed but who do not fall within mainstream employment service provision, or who are referred to SICAP, to move them closer to the labour market and improve work readiness, and support them in accessing employment and self-employment and creating social enterprise opportunities.

Pathways to Work: SICAP Under Strand 1 2.6 Offer Intreo clients access to the Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme sponsored by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and to the Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning. Expanding Scope and Coverage – Active Inclusion Accordingly this new strategy, Pathways to Work 2016– 2020, includes specific actions to increase labour market participation and employment progression of people who are not currently active in the labour market and to apply the concept of active inclusion as a guiding principle – particularly in the period from 2018 – 2020. (p18)

Key Issues to be addressed Regional and occupational spread of employment… How are young unemployed matched-up with or find the best employment option for them? How do they hear about, can access to good quality employment, educational or training opportunities? Whose responsibility is it to ensure that they are fully informed? How do we make the most out of programmes & policies like SICAP, Youth Guarantee, Pathways to Work?