Through our partnership with the North Wales Ambition Board and the five other local authorities within our Region, a new programme aimed at young people has been developed called TRAC.
Led by Denbighshire County Council and in partnership with all other North Wales local authorities and the Colleges, the aim will be to supporting young people aged 11-24 disengaging with education, and at risk of becoming NEET – Not in Education, Employment or Training. The TRAC project will run for three to five years has secured money from European Structural Funds (ESF).
TRAC will improve attainment and will support the development of an appropriately skilled, agile and resilient workforce. The project is consistent with the six aspects of the Youth Engagement and Progression Framework. The project will reach out to young people with the aim of raising individual attainment and enhancing the quality of the workforce of the future.
The project will include the following range of interventions at aged 11-24:
- Provision of an Enhanced Alternative Curriculum – Provision of targeted vocational courses and extended work placements for young people identified as being at risk of becoming NEET
- Enhanced Support Package – Wider Health and Wellbeing support for young people at risk of becoming NEET
- Supporting Transition –Targeted focus on key transition stages. Age 11 [primary/ secondary transition], Age 14 [key stage 3 to 4 transition], Age 16 [transition to 6th form, further education, employment or training], Age 18/19 [transition to higher education, further education, employment or training]
- Delivery – Regionally procured framework of quality assured bilingual providers, based on the identified needs of the Young Person.
- Early identification of those at risk of disengagement from Year 7 in order to manage the transition to secondary education. Development of regional data to ensure accurate monitoring and tracking of participants, to evaluate the impact of support being provided to young people.
16-24 Further Education Provision will include:
- Identification and Brokerage Support
- Working in conjunction with EPC’s, implementing appropriate brokerage support for those participants; this will include supporting participants to develop a personal development plan for upskilling for a career, supporting participants to
- Their first job opportunity, helping participants access the appropriate training.
Once live, this project will fall within our Prevention Section that is an integral part of our overall Community Wellbeing Service and wider Social Services and Education departments.