Links to Learning - Penrith

1. Nepean Interyouth Services
Combined At Risk and Early Leaver
Program

2. What we offer
• Certificate II in General Education for Adults
• White Cards
• 2011 - Bucket course with TAFE in
hairdressing and beauty
• Youth Connections Program for one on one
case management
• Nurse from Western Area Adolescent Team
one morning a week

3. At risk students - who we take
• Interyouth works with those students who
while being registered at school are not
attending
• Those students who can’t cope with the
school structure
• Students the HSLO’s are working with

4. Class basics
• Classes 9.30 to 11.30 or 12.30 to 2.30pm
• Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
• 3 trainers in the room
• Progress can be tailored to clients needs
• Attendance sheets sent back to relevant
schools each day

5. What we need from school
• The reason the student is being referred
• What you want for the student
• Would you take the student back to school – if
yes what would they need to do
• When referring a student is there any conflict
with another student we are working with
• A central contact person

6. Changes for 2012
• Interyouth staff will visit each of our schools once
a term or during terms 2 and 4 to review each of
the students and discuss their next step plan
• After the school has referred a student and we
have interviewed the parent and the young
person we will contact the school to advise if the
student will be attending Interyouth. The school
then makes out the Links referral which can be
emailed or faxed back to us

7. Term 4
• We will be sending to partner schools next
week the agreement for 2012
• These need to be signed off and returned to
us by the end of term 4
• We will be sending a report on each of the
students to their school in the next couple of
weeks.