Listed below are the 44 Actions outlinee in the Youth Action Plan. The agency in italic next to the action is the agency responsible for the action and the codes below the action relate to the corresponding area in the NSW State Plan.
List of actions and links to the State Plan
- Issue a Premier’s direction to NSW government agencies to apply the best practice youth participation principles in their dealings with young people. DoCS
State Plan
R4 – Increased participation and integration in community activities
S8 – Increased customer satisfaction with Government services
- Encourage and facilitate young people’s participation in decisions about the design and delivery of health services, through a Health Clinician and Consumer Engagement Policy. Health
S1 – Improved access to quality healthcare
S8 – Increased customer satisfaction with Government services
F5 – Reduced avoidable hospital admissions
- Evaluate the NSW Aboriginal Youth Leadership Project. DoCS
F1 – Improved health and education for Aboriginal people
R4 – Increased participation and integration in community activities
- Fund the Youth Action and Policy Association to establish the Youth Participation Grants Program, giving young people the opportunity to create and run local projects that also encourage their peers to get involved in the community. DoCS
R4 – Increased participation and integration in community activities
E8 – More people using parks, sporting and recreational facilities and participating in the arts and cultural activity
F3 – Improved outcomes in mental health
S3 – Improved health through reduced obesity, smoking, illicit drug use and risk drinking.
- Work with the youth sector to make sure that the Department of Community Services’ Community Services Grants Program and Youth Action Plan are better aligned. DoCS
R4 – Increased participation and integration in community activities
F7 – Reduced rates of child abuse and neglect.
S5 – More students complete Year 12 or recognised vocational training.
- Develop new contracting, planning and funding arrangements for rural and regional bus operators to provide better services and a more coordinated approach among transport providers. Transport
R4 – Increased participation and integration in community activities
P7 – Better access to training in rural and regional NSW to support local economies
- Explore extending the range of travel concessions for young people in rural and regional NSW as part of the rural and regional bus reform program. Transport
R4 – Increased participation and integration in community activities
P7 – Better access to training in rural and regional NSW to support local economies
- Award NSW Youth Housing Scholarships to students living in social housing to assist them stay at school by offering scholarships worth $2000 each for spending on books, computers, tuition and other items that assist in their education. NSW Housing
S5 – More students complete Year 12 or recognised vocational training.
S4 – Increasing levels of attainment for all students.
F4 – Embedding the principle of prevention and early intervention into Government service delivery in NSW.
- Help young people living in public housing estates to stay longer in education and improve employment outcomes. In a two year pilot program the Department of Housing will be working with businesses, education facilities, schools and local community groups to help identify barriers to learning and employment and to develop ways to help young people into learning and employment at a local level. Housing
S5 – More students complete Year 12 or recognised vocational training.
S4 – Increasing levels of attainment for all students.
- Provide school students with access to an on-line careers survey to help with career planning. DET
S5 More students complete Year 12 or recognised vocational training.
- Update the Stay Safe @ Work resource and the pocket booklet Starting Work? Know Your Legal Rights. Education and Commerce
Aligns with the Goal: Opportunity and support for the Most Vulnerable.
- Run the Corporate Partners for Change Program, a partnership between government, industry, unions and the community to assist disadvantaged groups in greater western Sydney make the move from unemployment to work. Premier’s
P1 - Increased business investment.
- Run the Young BizStar competition for young entrepreneurs. Run the Young BizStar Business Pitching competition for young entrepreneurs through the Department of State and Regional Development, with three business support packages each valued at $6000 being made available by the Department. State and Regional Development
P1 - Increased business investment.
- Continue the Young Entrepreneur Stepping Up Program, an ongoing program aimed at young entrepreneurs running their own businesses. The program organises mentoring, workshops and opportunities to network with others in the business community. State and Regional Development
P1 - Increased business investment.
R4 – Increased participation and integration in community activities
- Fund projects under the Local and Community Transport Program such as the driver’s license training program managed by the Darkinjung Community Development Employment Program. This project helps disadvantaged Aboriginal youth on the Central Coast get a driver’s licence and employment in the local transport sector. Transport
Aligns with Goal: Opportunity and Support for the Most Vulnerable.
- Distribute Offered a Job? Know Your Legal Rights as a booklet, on-line and as a podcast to provide information to young people on rights and entitlements in the workplace. Commerce
Aligns with Goal: Opportunity and Support for the Most Vulnerable.
- Expand workplace advice and assistance services with a Young People and Work website, a Look and Listen multimedia site, and a series of presentations at schools, community venues and careers expos. Commerce
Aligns with Goal: Opportunity and Support for the Most Vulnerable.
- Protect the 150,000 under 18 year olds workers in NSW so that employers have to offer wages and conditions that are at least equal to those provided by NSW awards and legislation. We will make sure that young workers do not have to bargain individually to maintain their existing penalties, allowances, training pay and training leave. Young people will also have access to the services provided by the NSW Office of Industrial Relations to enforce employment rights. Commerce
Aligns with Goal: Opportunity and Support for the Most Vulnerable.
- The Government will focus on delivering mental health services that are accessible and relevant to young people. Of particular importance will be increasing the support for young people experiencing difficulties at school. We will develop an early intervention Youth Mental Health Service Model to provide a seamless, multidisciplinary services for young people aged 14-24 years of age with mental health problems and disorders. Using this approach, we will provide early access for young people to a range of health services, such as general practitioners, drug and alcohol workers and mental health workers, in a one stop shop. We will also implement youth-specific initiatives under the NSW Suicide Prevention Strategy. Health
F3 – Improved outcomes in mental health
F4 – Embedding the principle of prevention and early intervention into Government service delivery in NSW.
- We will provide young people with information about the dangers of smoking, risky drinking and illicit drug use through initiatives such as Play Now/Act Now - peer education initiative about drugs and alcohol. We will develop a new Youth Alcohol Action Plan and continue successful anti-smoking campaigns. Programs will provide targeted information about specific drugs, such as methamphetamine, ecstasy and GHB. We will also improve access to HIV and hepatitis prevention services among those young people who inject drugs. Health
S3 – Improved health through reduced obesity, smoking, illicit drug use and risk drinking.
- We will work with general practitioners and sexual health services to improve young people’s access to sexual health services. We will continue our sexual health promotion activities, and will work with the Department of Education and Training to ensure young people continue to have access to effective sexual health education programs. Health
S1 Improved access to quality healthcare.
F4 – Embedding the principle of prevention and early intervention into Government service delivery in NSW.
- We will encourage healthy eating and physical activity to help manage young people’s weight and prevent obesity. We will support a range of activities that act on the recommendations of the 2004 NSW Schools Physical and Nutrition Survey. We will also continue the NSW Healthy School Canteen Strategy in schools to promote healthy, nutritious food options and to limit the sale of foods and drinks that are high in saturated fats, added sugars and salt. Health
S3 – Improve health through reduced obesity, smoking illicit drug use and risk drinking
- We will support youth-specific health services providing information and health care to young pregnant women and young parents. This includes providing youth-friendly, culturally appropriate, and respectful antenatal care with improved access to midwifery services. In mainstream maternal, child and family health services we will promote a youth-friendly culture to ensure that young pregnant women and young parents receive the best care and support. Health
S1 – Improved access to quality healthcare
F4 – Embedding the principle of prevention and early intervention into Government service delivery in NSW.
S8 – Increased customer satisfaction with Government services
- Implement the Aboriginal Culture and Heritage Action Plan. As part of this Plan, Aboriginal culture will be promoted in mainstream media by developing a framework for greater participation of young Aboriginal people in the performing arts, film, television and radio. Aboriginal Affairs
F1 – Improved health and education for Aboriginal people.
R4 – Increased participation and integration in community activity.
- Use the Aboriginal Cultural Events Working Group to develop a strategic approach to supporting a number of key Aboriginal community events, including NAIDOC and the NSW Rugby League Knock-Out. Aboriginal Affairs
F1 – Improved health and education for Aboriginal people.
R4 – Increased participation and integration in community activity.
- Acknowledge the achievements of young people living in social housing who have made a significant contribution to their community through the annual NSW Housing Youth Achievement Awards. The Department of Housing will offer these achievement awards to these young people through the following categories:
- Academic Achievement;
- Achievement in Chosen Career;
- Arts and Culture;
- Community Service;
- Sports Achievement; and
- Special Achievement Award.
Housing
R4 – Increased participation and integration in community activities.
- Provide opportunities for young Indigenous people through the Indigenous Performing Arts Strategy. Arts. Sport and Recreation
F1 – Improved health and education for Aboriginal people
R4 – Increased participation and integration in community activities.
E8 – More people using parks, sporting and recreational facilities and participating in the arts and cultural activities.
- Use the CONNECTED program to help students in regional NSW get the chance to experience high quality art. Arts Sport and Recreation
R4 – Increased participation and integration in community activities.
E8 – More people using parks, sporting and recreational facilities and participating in the arts and cultural activities.
- Support arts activities for young people though grants to the Shopfront Theatre for Young People, Music NSW, Powerhouse Youth Theatre and Urban Theatre Projects. Arts, Sport and Recreation
R4 – Increased participation and integration in community activities.
E8 – More people using parks, sporting and recreational facilities and participating in the arts and cultural activities.
- Support the Tirkandi Inaburra Cultural and Development Centre, a youth residential cultural ‘outstation’ centre for Aboriginal young men who offend or who are at risk of offending. Attorney General’s
R2 – Reducing re-offending.
R4 – Increased participation and integration in community activities.
E8 – More people using parks, sporting and recreational facilities and participating in the arts and cultural activities.
- Provide diversionary programs for Aboriginal boys with intellectual or mental disabilities to avoid re-offending. Juvenile Justice
R2 – Reducing re-offending
F3 – Improved outcomes in mental health
- Support the Moving Forward and Negotiating Consent programs in schools and communities in Orana/Far West to support and train young people in developing positive relationships and to reduce the risk of developing abusive relationships in later life. DoCS
R1 – Reduced rates of crime, particularly violent crime
S4 - Increasing levels of attainment for all students.
S5 – More students complete Year 12 or recognised vocational training.
- Develop a booklet What Now for Youth, a resource for young people regarding services and entitlements they can obtain to recover from the effects of being the victim of a crime. Attorney General’s
Aligns with Goal: Opportunity and Support for the Most Vulnerable.
- Develop COURTWISE, an interactive website to help young people understand the legal processes they may face as victims/witnesses in court. Attorney General’s
Aligns with Goal: Opportunity and Support for the Most Vulnerable.
- Over the next two years, deliver the Young Offenders Act training program to 24 Aboriginal Community Justice Groups to provide an introduction to cautions and youth justice conferencing. Attorney General’s
R2 - Reducing re-offending.
F1 – Improved health and education for Aboriginal people.
- Create stronger links between police and schools and prevent problems before they take hold, with 40 School Liaison Police in NSW high schools. It is expected that every high school in NSW will get at least one visit from their School Liaison Police every 12 months, with some schools receiving more visits depending on their level of need. The program will teach students about crime prevention and safety issues as well addressing at risk behaviour. Police
F4 – Embedding the principle of prevention and early intervention into Government service delivery in NSW.
- Adapt the Integrated Case Management program developed under the Government’s NSW Youth Partnerships with Arabic Speaking and Pacific Communities to assist Local Area Commands to enhance relationships with specific culturally diverse communities where there are young people at risk of offending or re-offending. Police
R2 – Reducing re-offending
F4 - Embedding the principle of prevention and early intervention into Government service delivery in NSW.
- Develop a family work model and crisis accommodation supports for young people with complex needs in the juvenile justice system. Attorney General’s
R2 – Reducing re-offending
- Make sport and recreation safer through the Sport Rage Prevention, Harassment Free Sport, Play by the Rules programs and child protection strategies. Arts, Sport and Recreation
R4 - Increased participation and integration in community activities.
E8 - More people using parks, sporting and recreational facilities and participating in the arts and cultural activity.
- Reduce harm associated with alcohol use in and around sporting clubs and venues through the Good Sports program. Arts, Sport and Recreation
R3 - Reduced levels of anti-social behaviour.
- Promote safe transport options for young people at licensed venues. Arts, Sport and Recreation
S7 – Safer roads
- Teach school students conflict resolution skills as part of the peer mediation program. DET
S4 – Increasing levels of attainment for all students
S5 – More students complete Year 12 or recognised vocational training
- Support Our Journey to Respect, an intergenerational violence prevention program for young Aboriginal men who have been, or who are at risk of being charged with a violent offence. The program specifically addresses offending behaviours and aims to reduce the intensity and frequency of violent offending by Aboriginal males. Juvenile Justice
R1 – Reduced rates of crime, particularly violent crime.
R2 - Reducing re-offending.
F1 – Improved health and education for Aboriginal people.
- Provide extra out-of-home care resources including more caseworkers and specialist staff to strengthen the out-of-home care system to better support young people, their families and carers. DoCS
F7 - Reduced rates of child abuse and neglect.
F6 - Increased proportion of children with skills for life and learning at school entry.
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