Tackling NEET Toolkit
These resources were presented via two Bath University led workshops at Yeovil College. These workshops provided research-based and practical tools to support you in your work with young people NEET/ at risk of becoming NEET.
Connect your practical experience with research informed frameworks for understanding the risks to NEEThood and planning effective interventions.
Below you can access the resources including a video and training materials to support you in applying these insights to young people you support.
Resources
Understanding NEEThood – Workshop 1
Presentation for the CPD workshop held at Yeovil College on 20th February which introduces a holistic lens for understanding NEET and aims to deepen practitioners understanding of the complex, interlinked risk factors to NEEThood.
Professional Development Training Presentation 1 - Understanding NEET Narrated training presentation
PowerPoint presentation download Presentation from the Somerset session at Yeovil College
Video: Conceptual Framework for Understanding the risks to early leaving
Training Resource: Applying the Framework
Article: A Conceptual Framework for Researching the Risks to Neethood
Academic article: comparing young people’s and educators’ views on the risks to NEEThood, drawing on data from South West England
Academic article: integrating insights from classic child development theorist Urie Bronfenbrenner (1979) and recent understanding of young people’s agentic responses to barriers (Brown 2140) and presenting an original model for understanding the risks to NEEThood
Research Findings Overview (available soon)
Intervening - Tackling NEEThood – Workshop 2
Resources from the CPD workshop held at Yeovil College on 19th May which introduced three key resources to support intervention:
- The Pathway to Change model of mechanisms underpinning effective interventions for young people who are NEET/ at risk of NEET
- Handbook of 13 intervention strategies
- Action planning tool for interventions
Professional Development Training Presentation 2 - Intervening on NEET Narrated training presentation
PowerPoint presentation download Presentation from the Somerset session at Yeovil College
Brief Guide to the Intervention Strategies
Handbook of 13 Intervention Strategies
Intervention Case Studies (soon to be updated)
Training Resource: Tool for reviewing individual’s risks to NEET, support in place and identifying areas requiring support
Academic Article: Five mechanisms for tackling the risks to NEEThood: Introducing a pathway to change to guide educators’ support strategies
Baseline questionnaire and final questionnaire: these questionnaires can be edited by individual settings to measure and review the impact of interventions on young people’s attitudes to school and learning, sense of belonging and feelings about the intervention.
