Ticket to Work promoted collaborative local partnerships to improve post-school social and economic outcomes for young people with disability.
Ticket to Work brought together a range of partners in local communities to provide support for school to work transition. These include industry groups, schools, youth organisations, employment agencies, local councils and NDIS providers.
The Ticket to Work partnership approach has been independently evaluated. Evaluation found that utilising the expertise of the collective was effective in supporting a smooth transition from school to work for young people with disability.
The most recent evaluation found that young people with disability were more likely to complete school and transition into further training or employment when education and employment services worked together. Collaboration also reduced the duplication of services and supported young people to have multiple career development opportunities including work experience and after school jobs. Read the evaluation from the Centre for Social Impact.
Below are guides to support a collaborative approach to improve partnerships and create opportunities for young people with disability.
Neither schools, nor workforce investment programs, human service agencies, or any other single system alone can pay for and provide the array of services needed to effectively meet the often complex needs of youth with disabilities. When collectively pooled, however, these resources can produce positive outcomes for youth, well beyond the scope of what any single system can hope to mobilise on its own.
