To date, research has uncovered a number of potential barriers that young offenders, or those at risk of offending, face in effectively engaging or re-engaging in the community. In essence TAPP has been developed to assist participants to address any barriers that may prevent them from effectively engaging in education, training and the wider community. Potential barriers for participants may include unsuitable accommodation, mental health issues, financial instability or financial misuse, use and abuse of drugs and alcohol, unhealthy relationships and numeracy and literacy difficulties.
In order to assist program participants to address some of the barriers that would prevent them from effectively engaging in the community, TAPP is delivered as a three-step process. The first step within the process is to deliver 10 sessions addressing life skills barriers. The life skills component will address life /goal setting, issues around accommodation, financial issues, food and nutrition, personal hygiene, mental health issues, emotional and physical health, and relationship skills.
The second step within the process is to deliver 10 sessions addressing skills based barriers. The skills based component will address resum? writing, Australian business culture, addressing selection criteria, interview skills and presentation, basic computer skills and more.
The third step within the process is to support participants over two weeks to creating individual pathways to employment, training and education. The last two weeks of each program involves the youth worker and participants actively engaging with various services, organisations job network members and business to find suitable placements.
