Local Learning & Employment Network
LLENs across Victoria are funded to develop partnerships which result in an increase in the number and range of school-employer engagement activities, including:
- Structured Workplace Learning (SWL), work experience and school community work
- School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBATs)
- Guest speakers and presenters from industry
- Workplace visits and industry tours
- Mock interviews and work-readiness preparation
- VET Cluster and Transport Coordination
The School to Work website www.workplacements.education.vic.gov.au has been established by the Victorian Department of Education. This website provides school teachers and students with an easy to navigate, single information and referral point for a diverse range of SWL placement opportunities and careers events. The website is searchable by industry and location.
School Friendly Business
We want to recognise those businesses already interacting with schools and encourage more businesses to become involved.
School Friendly Businesses support their communities and can help improve education and transition outcomes for young people in a whole of community approach.
Across the CCLLEN region 342 businesses and 34 schools are involved. School Friendly Businesses participate in mock interviews, careers events, work placements and sponsorship. They also receive School Friendly Business calendars every six months.
Campaspe Youth Partnerships
Youth Partnerships were originally funded in 2011 to design and test new ways for youth services across all sectors to work together more collaboratively to support vulnerable young people. The original funding ended in 2014, but our local partnership has continued, and expanded, with funding from various sources.
The key goals of Youth Partnerships are to:
- Improve engagement in education and training, and
- Reduce the escalation of problems for individual young people.
Echuca Moama Beacon Foundation
CCLLEN has a valued partnership with the Echuca Moama Beacon Foundation and provides staffing for the delivery of the Beacon Real Futures program to five schools in Echuca Moama.
L2P Program - Campaspe
The TAC L2P Program assists disadvantaged Victorian learner drivers aged 16 to 21 with no access to a supervising driver or vehicle to gain the 120 hours driving experience required to apply for a probationary licence.
Young people (aged 16-21) with a current learner permit can apply for the program. If the young person meets the criteria and is accepted into the program the TAC L2P Program matches learners with a fully-licensed volunteer driver.
The learners are matched with a volunteer mentor and learners participating in the program have access to up to seven free driving lessons throughout the program with a professional instructor.
This helps learners build their skills before getting on the road with a volunteer mentor and continue progressing through the four stages of the Graduated Licensing System.
The program focuses on helping young people become safe, confident drivers, in an effort to reduce Victoria’s road toll. It also provides an opportunity for young people to interact with positive adult role models, gain confidence and move towards social independence.
Youth Take Over
Youth Take Over (YTO) aims to bridge the disconnect between young people and employers in the Loddon Campaspe region.
A key element of the program is the facilitation of short internships in which a group of 4-10 young people work on a project that leads to a 'take over' of a workplace. Young people are trained by community and industry experts to learn about the industry and develop the skills they need to run their Take Over, and get experience they can talk about in their next job application.
Participants leave the program with industry knowledge and contacts plus the skills and confidence to launch their career adventure.
For more information, visit the YTO website - https://www.youthtakeover.org.au/
Youth Take Over Loddon Campaspe is a three-year collaboration funded by Agnico Eagle Community Partnership Program. Thanks to their support, our programs are helping guide young people on their career journeys, with an emphasis on job outcomes.
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