Review tools to enable more effective youth employment programs

• The features common to effective youth employment programs
• Review model in practice
• Road Map to developing a logic model
• Involving young people in your program
• Review outcomes framework and outcomes framework template
• Program features checklist
• Goal planning template
• Review participant surveys
• Survey methodology
• Participant information sheet for collecting data
• Review Platform for data collection and outcomes measurement
• Developing a program improvement plan

Resources that supported the development of Review

• A literature review of international research reports, journal and media articles
• A program review of Australian youth employment programs
• Case studies from 22 community-based youth employment programs from across Australia

Related research from Social Ventures Australia

• Future Fair? Securing better quality jobs for young people in Australia
• Employment Perspectives Paper

Good practice youth employment programs

• Social Ventures Australia, Fundamental Principles of Youth Employment
• Apprenticeship Employment Network, Best Practice Guide Youth Career Programs
• Brotherhood of St Laurence, Transition to Work Practice Guide
• Melbourne Institute, Best Practice Programs for Jobseekers Facing High Barriers to Employment
• VicHealth, Staying on Track – youth deliberative forum on purposeful work

Program design

• Social Ventures Australia, Finding the Golden Thread: A New Approach to Articulating Program Logic

Youth participation

• MYAN, Youth participation with young people from Refugee and Migrant backgrounds
• Orygen, Youth Partnership Toolkit
• Youth Affairs Council of Victoria, Yerp

Outcomes measurement

• Social Ventures Australia, Managing to Outcomes: A Guide to Developing an Outcomes Focus
• Centre for Social Impact, The Compass: your guide to social impact measurement
• University of Technology Sydney, Social Impact Toolbox

Continuous improvement

• Social Ventures Australia, Harnessing the Power of Client Feedback
• Social Ventures Australia, Embedding Continuous Improvement

Contact us

If you have questions, feedback, or have used Review in your programs, we’d love to hear from you.