Youth Transition Services - YTS
Youth Transition Service (YTS) for ORRS funded and students with disabilities
‘Linkz' is a Youth Transition Service which has been developed as part of Progress to Health.
Our aims:
- To help students with a disability transition smoothly from school into post-school education, employment and/or community services and activities
- Empower the student so that they are active participants in transition planning, goal setting and subsequent movement towards and achievement of their transition goals
- Allow the student to be central to any decision-making and planning that takes place throughout the transition process
- Support the student to make informed decisions by having access to information and resources
- Develop transition plans that are understandable to the student
- Provide the student with experience/s through exposure to options
- Support the student throughout the transition process and achievement of goals, if needed this support will continue after the student leaves school
- Have processes in place that allow us to monitor a student's progress and to gain feedback from all relevant stakeholders (eg employers at the completion of work experiences)
- Support students to have equal access to post school employment and/or community options, and the same rights and opportunities as their non-disabled peers
- Help the students develop their daily living skills (eg financial, accommodation, transport etc)
Guidelines:
- students must be currently living in New Zealand
- must be a permanent resident or New Zealand citizen
- are aged between 16 and 21, funded by ORRS or have an ongoing disability
- have a WINZ number
- and are completing their final year of school
