Why in NEET of a coach?
Young people have been particularly affected by the on-going crisis regarding both their employment prospects and alarming levels of youth unemployment. The unemployment rate of young people has been increasing in the years following the financial and economic crisis, reflecting the difficulties faced by young people in finding a job. Many young people today are not in education, training or employment feeling social and labour market exclusion. Apart from its financial and social effects on personal life, long-term unemployment negatively affects social cohesion and, ultimately, may hinder economic growth.
In situations like this we, as professionals working with young people, need to be aware and trained to use as many tools as possible so to support the personal and professional development of young people and support their transition from education to the employment,that way preventing social and labour market exclusion.
Coaching is perceived as one of those tools that has been understood as a process in which people and teams are helped to make the best of themselves.
Bearing this in mind the Youth Social Rights Network (YSRN) in cooperation with the European Youth Centre (EYC) of the Council of Europe (CoE), The Youth Department (YD), organized an study session In NEET of a coach that took place in European Youth Centre in Strasbourg (EYCS) France from 15th – 22nd May 2016.
The study session gathered 42 participants and was a step forward towards reducing inequalities among young people and ensuring that young people make a successful move from education to employment, and avoid social and labour market exclusion. It had a networking dimension and was designed to contribute to promotion of young people’s access to rights by supporting youth work and facilitating young people’s transition to autonomy and social inclusion. It provided opportunities for exploring and reflecting on competences that professionals working with young people need to have so as to be able to support those that are most at risk of becoming NEETs in making a successful move from education to employment and preventing social and labour market exclusion
What was the plan?
The aim of study session was to develop youth workers’ competences for providing one-on-one coaching to young people who are most at risk of becoming NEETs in order to reduce inequalities among young people and to ensure they make a successful move from education into employment that way avoiding social and labour market exclusion. We focused our work to develop participants’ competence on how to approach and work with young people at risks of becoming NEET; to explore and reflect on coaching competences; and to create support network for young people at risk of becoming NEET that will work on ensuring that these young people make a successful move from education into employment.
Adhered to non-formal and informal learning principles and based on participatory methods the programme of the study session was designed to contribute to the realization of the main aim of the study session covering:
Getting to know the context
Coaching as one way of supporting the personal and professional development of young people at risk of becoming NEETs:
The flow of the coaching process:
Who was there?
The study session gathered 42 participantsincluding youth, social workers, family therapists, coaches, psychologists and other professionals working with young people at risk of becoming NEET as well asstudents pursuing degrees in relevant fields, all coming from 18 CoE member states.
Young people have been particularly affected by the on-going crisis regarding both their employment prospects and alarming levels of youth unemployment. The unemployment rate of young people has been increasing in the years following the financial and economic crisis, reflecting the difficulties faced by young people in finding a job. Many young people today are not in education, training or employment feeling social and labour market exclusion. Apart from its financial and social effects on personal life, long-term unemployment negatively affects social cohesion and, ultimately, may hinder economic growth.
In situations like this we, as professionals working with young people, need to be aware and trained to use as many tools as possible so to support the personal and professional development of young people and support their transition from education to the employment,that way preventing social and labour market exclusion.
Coaching is perceived as one of those tools that has been understood as a process in which people and teams are helped to make the best of themselves.
Bearing this in mind the Youth Social Rights Network (YSRN) in cooperation with the European Youth Centre (EYC) of the Council of Europe (CoE), The Youth Department (YD), organized an study session In NEET of a coach that took place in European Youth Centre in Strasbourg (EYCS) France from 15th – 22nd May 2016.
The study session gathered 42 participants and was a step forward towards reducing inequalities among young people and ensuring that young people make a successful move from education to employment, and avoid social and labour market exclusion. It had a networking dimension and was designed to contribute to promotion of young people’s access to rights by supporting youth work and facilitating young people’s transition to autonomy and social inclusion. It provided opportunities for exploring and reflecting on competences that professionals working with young people need to have so as to be able to support those that are most at risk of becoming NEETs in making a successful move from education to employment and preventing social and labour market exclusion
What was the plan?
The aim of study session was to develop youth workers’ competences for providing one-on-one coaching to young people who are most at risk of becoming NEETs in order to reduce inequalities among young people and to ensure they make a successful move from education into employment that way avoiding social and labour market exclusion. We focused our work to develop participants’ competence on how to approach and work with young people at risks of becoming NEET; to explore and reflect on coaching competences; and to create support network for young people at risk of becoming NEET that will work on ensuring that these young people make a successful move from education into employment.
Adhered to non-formal and informal learning principles and based on participatory methods the programme of the study session was designed to contribute to the realization of the main aim of the study session covering:
Getting to know the context
- Social rights of young people and their relation to autonomy and transition to autonomy;
- Understanding youth employment situation in Europe;
- Who are the young people at risk of becoming NEETs and what challenges they face?
Coaching as one way of supporting the personal and professional development of young people at risk of becoming NEETs:
- What is coaching;
- Coaching competences (skills, knowledge, attitudes);
- Coaching roles;
- The importance/benefits of coaching
The flow of the coaching process:
- Connecting with thecoachee (the young people at risk of becoming NEETs);
- Assessing the needs and competences of the coachee (the young people at risk of becoming NEETs);
- Setting goals together with the coachee and how to motive the coachee in achieving the set goals;
- Creating networks and support systems;
- Staying in touch with your coachee;
- Online coaching : Using digital/innovative networking via online channels;
- Coaching limits and responsibilities;
- Good VS bad feedback;
- Making coaching more accessible to young people;
Who was there?
The study session gathered 42 participantsincluding youth, social workers, family therapists, coaches, psychologists and other professionals working with young people at risk of becoming NEET as well asstudents pursuing degrees in relevant fields, all coming from 18 CoE member states.
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In this file you can find the analytic programme of the different activities took place in this study session.
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