Youth Practitioner's Toolbox
Series
The Youth Practitioner's Toolbox is a series of training materials
designed specifically for those front-line workers committed to
helping young people succeed. Effective practices from successful
youth programs, coupled with research findings about effective workforce
investment strategies, provide the foundation for each toolbox.
This five-part training series covers the basic information that
every successful Youth Worker needs, presented in an easy to read
and learn format. Toolbox modules include:
Click on any module name above or scroll down to view a summary
of each Toolbox module.
Order a Toolbox by choosing the training components that are right
for your program. Options include:
- A comprehensive workbook, complete with tests to validate understanding
- A CD-ROM version of the materials, providing an interactive,
individualized learning experience.
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Case Management
The objectives of the training are designed to help you:
- Gain a basic understanding of how to use a case management approach
- Sharpen your case management skills; and
- Improve your capacity to help ex-offenders become productive,
self-sufficient members of the community.
We present common sense approach to case management. We have borrowed
concepts from effective practices developed in a number of programs
and from the findings of experts who have researched and written
about effective case management techniques for working with ex-offenders
and “At-risk” youth.
The Guidebook has four descriptive and interactive sections, each
section will attempt to give you a basic understanding of Recruitment,
ISS, Job Development, and follow-up and how it ties the entire case
management process together.
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Individual Service Strategy
This edition of the series focuses on the individual service strategy
(ISS). It is designed for staff who want to learn how to use this
practical approach to youth development. The Toolbox is organized
so that you -- the youth worker -- can go at your own pace, read
and review the information and gain knowledge about how the ISS
can help you in your work with young people.
The ISS is a way to organize the work you do with young people.
While this approach is a required part of the Workforce Investment
Act (WIA), it is also a proven approach for staff to use to successfully
assist youth to focus on careers and the actions they need to take
to start those careers.
There are four chapters in this workbook:
- What is an ISS?
- The ISS Process
- Components of an ISS
- Developing an ISS
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Job Development
This edition of the Series focuses on job development. It is designed
for
staff who want to learn how to use practical approaches and recognized
techniques for assisting young people to make a positive connection
with
an employer and get a career starting job. The Toolbox is organized
so that
you – the youth worker – can read and review information
at your own
pace and gain more knowledge about the job development process.
The objectives of the training are to help you:
- Gain a basic understanding of job development for youth
- Sharpen your job development skills and techniques
- Understand the role that the Job Developer can play in comprehensive
youth development program.
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Follow-Up
This edition of the Series focuses oncustomer follow-up. It is
designed for
staff who want to learn how to use practical approaches and recognized
techniques for assisting young people become successful once they
have completed yourprogram activities and entered the world of work
or returned to school. The Toolbox isorganized so that you -- the
youth worker -- can review information at your own pace and gain
more knowledge about the follow-up process.
The objectives of this Toolbox are to help you:
- Gain a basic understanding of why follow-up is needed and some
practical ways to organize and conduct follow-up
- Learn about how follow-up impacts upon job retention
- Understand the role you and your program play in fostering
the young person's opportunities for future career advancements.
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Recruitment
and Engagement
The edition of this Series focuses on the recruiting
and engaging youth. It is designed for staff who wnat to learn how
to use practical approaches and recongnized techniques for recruiting,
engaging and retaining young people in their programs to maximise
successful outcomes. The toolbox is organized so that you-the youth-workercan
read and review information at your own pace and gamin more knowledge
about successfully engaging young people in productive activities.
The objectives of this Toolbox are to help you:
- Gain a basic understanding of successful recruitment practices
- Understand the role you play in creating the program approaches
and atmosphere that is key to engaging and retaining youth in
your program.
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