Building Pathways: Resources to Support Transitions for Young People from Refugee Backgrounds (2007)

Introduction

The resources provided on this page include a good practice framework and training materials aimed at improving the sensitivity and responsiveness of support provided to young people from refugee backgrounds as they move through education, training and employment. 

These resources build on the three core values of the Good Practice Principles: Guide for Working with Refugee Young People (VSPC 2005): Understanding; Trust; and Social Justice and Access.  To view the Good Practice Principles
See: Good Practice Principles Guide for Working with Refugee Young People

How to use these resources

A Good Practice Framework
Building Pathways: A Framework to Support Transitions for Young People from Refugee Backgrounds describes practical approaches to:

1. ‘What you can do’ as transition workers
2. ‘What the relevant sectors can do’, including program managers and policy makers.
   

To view the Building Pathways document See: Building Pathways: A Framework for Supporting Transitions for Young People from Refugee Backgrounds (892KB PDF file)

Training materials

The training materials outline five workshops for introducing and working through the issues and practices in the Building Pathways framework.

The target audience for the workshops is those working with young people from refugee backgrounds as they move in or out of education, training and employment settings.

The materials for each workshop include:

1. a session plan
2. participant worksheets
3. a marking guide with suggested responses to worksheets
4. suggested slides/overheads to accompany workshops

Table of contents

• Introduction: Training in Supporting Transitions for Young People from Refugee Background (808KB PDF file)
• Workshop 1: Understanding (Consider the impact of the refugee experience) (229KB MSWord file)
• Workshop 2: Understanding (Build on young people’s ambitions) (224KB MSWord file)
• Workshop 3: Understanding (Support the role of family and community) (206KB MSWord file)
• Workshop 4: Trust (Trust in a new setting & Continuity of support between settings) (262KB MSWord file)
• Workshop 5: Social justice and access (Take responsibility for equitable outcomes) (206KB MSWord file)

Further information

While the training materials provide detailed guidance to trainers, a basic understanding of refugee and settlement issues will assist trainers in conducting the workshops.  The Resource Gateway is a document that provides a number of useful links to various refugee support resources
See: Resource Gateway

The "Building Pathways" resources were developed by a working group of the Victorian Settlement Planning Committee, which included experienced practitioners and policy officers from across government and the non-government sectors.