LIFT – ‘I Lift, You Lift, We Lift’Hīkina – Ko au, ko koe, ko tātouHawkes Bay’s social enterprise, delivering youth employment

October 2018

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• 18,000 15-24 year olds in the Hawkes Bay region – a third are Maori

• 2,390 18-24 year olds on main benefits

• 564 are Youth Payment/Youth Parenting Payment/NEET

• NEET 15-24 year olds Hawkes Bay 17.6% (Second highest in NZ after Gisborne) vs. NZ 11.6%

• 22,599 Maori youth go onto study post school qualifications vs. European 88,272

• 96% of businesses are SME’s (approx. 17,500)

• 4% are large businesses (approx. 775)

• Employment by industry

• Agriculture, forestry and fishing, Manufacturing, Healthcare and Social Assistance, Retail, Construction

• Industries targeted for growth in Matariki

• Tourism, Food & Beverage, Agriculture ,

Horticulture, Technology, Viticulture

• We need to prepare for and create future jobs

Vision: 100% Youth Employment for the Hawkes Bay Region

Business Purpose: All job seeking young people (16 years to 24 years) in the Hawke’s Bay are offered an employment opportunity, which leads to a sustainable and fulfilling career.

LIFT group:• Lift Social Enterprise is a company and

employer of young people• Lift Youth Employment Charitable Trust is

the primary shareholder of Lift Social Enterprise company

LIFT Social Enterprise Company

Lead Facilitator Jody HamiltonLIFT Charitable Trust primary shareholder

Purpose All job seeking young people (16 years to 24 years) in the Hawke’s Bay are offered an employment opportunity, which leads to a sustainable and fulfilling career

Key business activities:• youth employer • online products and services• upskilling• work-focussed training• work experience and job coaching• labour hire • recruitment services • enterprise development

LIFT Youth Employment Charitable Trust

Trustees are Shayne Walker, Sarah-Jo Barley, Jody Hamilton, Simon Taylor

Purpose The sustainable employment of disadvantaged and excluded young people, achieved by working with employers who want to do social good and develop talent

Primary shareholder in Lift Social Enterprise Company

• Applies for funding• Accepts donations• Invests in charitable purpose

Connecting with young

people

Young people, whanau and communities

Employers and jobs

Upskilling & pastoral

care

Work-relevant training

Work experience

Labour hire Recruitment services

Employment – Post

placement

Enterprise development

Self-employment

LIFT – Customer Journeys

Face to face engagement and

online form distributed to NEETS via key

channels

Voluntarily complete form and ‘opt in’ for

help to find a job

Contacted by LIFT to discuss

placement into Bounce Life Skills programme - two week programme

Successful completion of Life Skills programme,

Work experience, skills

development, site visits,

volunteering

Referral into Labour Hire or

recruitment

Labour Hire placement

Direct employment from

labour hire

Pastoral care and post-placement

support (18 months) can be

provided by referring entity or LIFT - agreed case

by case

Employer engagement

(including target industries as identified by online form responses)

Identification and registration of labour hire or recruitment

positions

‘Good Employer’ Supervisors and

managers participate in

Leading with Skill and Empathy

Labour hire commences

Direct recruitment and employment

Post placement support - ongoing

for 18 months

Young people not in education, training or employment (NEETS)

Employers

Off-Benefit

Any young person aged 16-24 years who was:

• On Youth Payment/Young Parent Payment

• On Job Seeker Support/Sole Parent/Supported Living

• Receiving Student Allowance

• Receiving Student Loan (living component)

• In unsustainable or unsatisfactory work

• Not engaged (eligible for income support)

• Not engaged (not eligible for income support)

• At school with no career pathway

• Returning to the region from study

Direct Outcomes• Increased youth employment

• Increased Maori employment

• Reduced youth unemployment

• Increased youth skills, as per the Employability

Skills Framework

• Increase in youth education levels

• Increased income levels

Indirect Outcomes

• Improved youth physical health, Improved youth wellbeing and resilience, Increased life satisfaction, Decreased welfare expenditure, Reduced crime rates, Reduced drug and alcohol abuse, Improved family relationships, Decreased suicide rates ….and many more

Ongoing performance reporting and evaluation

Inputs

All Resources

Activities

Every task + action lift carries out

Outputs/Measures

# youth into employment

# youth into training

# youth into education

# youth gaining NCEA credits

Outcomes

Increased youth employment in the region

Increased youth skill levels

Increased educational attainment

Increased recruitment pool available within Hawkes Bay

region

Impacts

Improved household outcomes

Improved whanau social + health outcomes

Improved civic engagement by youth

Flourishing social enterprises, entrepreneurs

+ new businesses

LIFT Accountability

Joint Responsibility:

Lift, Youth, Employers,

Matariki, Govt Agencies

LIFT approach is coordinated and aligned:

• Hastings District Council

• Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga

• Takitimu Ora

• Sustainable Business Council (BusinessNZ)

• Recruitment and employment services

• The Icehouse businesses

• Key Hawkes Bay businesses and employers

• Post Settlement Governance Entities

• Technical experts – youth employment

1. Invitation to partner for outcomes• Ministry of Social Development• Ministry of Education• Tertiary Education Commission• Te Puni Kokiri• Ministry for Business, Innovation and

Employment• Department of Corrections• Ministry of Health/District Health Board

2. LIFT Services and Products• Labour Hire - local employers• Life Skills• Recruitment services

3. Philanthropy/Investment• Grant funding

• Donations - business

• Give a Little – household, private

• Impact investment

4. In-Kind• Property

• Assets

• Services

• Labour

Youth (18 & 19 year olds) liability in system = $526m

Youth average years on benefit = 16.8 years

Lifetime cost of a young person who comes onto benefit before 20 years old

= $246,000

Launched LIFT end August 2017Engaged with 400 + unemployed young people • Age groups

• 15 & under = 3.8%• 16-20= 62.5%• 20-24=18.7%• 25+=8%

• Gender• Male = 57%• Female = 43%

• Locations• Napier = 54%• Hastings = 29%• CHB = 1%• Wairoa 16%

• Our customers want – retail/hospitality and trades/agriculture

• Around 70% are not on income support, in education, training or employment (true NEETs)

• Around 80% are gang affiliated

• The majority have no drivers licence or hold a learner’s licence

• Around 30% have recorded criminal convictions

• Most have experience with the criminal justice system in some way

• Most are using marijuana and feel that they are dependent

• Most left school before they were 16 years old

• 100% have the goal to secure a job and become economically and socially independent

• Eight Bounce trainers trained

• 12 two-week LIFT Bounce Life Skills programmes delivered, with 80 graduates

• 55 employment placements

• 12 education/training placements

• Engaged with 75 employers - 35 strong employer relationships

• Regular site visits and work experience

• Drivers Licence achievements• 10 Learners, 11 Restricted, 5 Full

• Customer feedback • strong sense of whanau• office and surrounds have good wairua• no judgment in the provision of services • support and services being provided are

practical and relevant to securing a job

• Cruise ship – ‘LIFT Pop-up Retail Store’

• Rangatahi Riding the Region

• Rangatahi enterprise – KETE (KreateEnterprise, Tautoko Entrepreneurs)

• Roll out in other regions

Rangatahi Riding the Region

•Bulk purchase of 40 x 50cc scooters

•Freight to Hawkes Bay

•Corporate brand promotion

•Partnership with LIFT and others

Scooter Supplier

•Free repairs and maintenance

•Work experience, training and apprenticeships for LIFT participants

EIT – Mechanical Workshop •Registration and on-road costs

waived by Government

•Community awareness education -Police

•Wet weather gear sponsorship

Road Ready

•Scooter purchase

•Learners licence

•Scooter riding experience

•Corporate or employer sponsorship

•Sell to rangatahi on LIFT or work commencement

•Insurance brokerage for scooters

LIFT•Obtain learners licence

•Secure employment

•Buy scooter

•Insurance, repairs, maintenance

•Driving lessons

•Restricted and full licence

•Sell or return scooter to LIFT

Rangatahi

Purpose:1. To provide a cost effective regional transportation option

to rangatahi to support them to engage in training, employment and other activities

2. To reduce illegal driving activity which puts our employed rangatahi at risk of criminality

LIFT – ‘I Lift, You Lift, We Lift’Hīkina – Ko au, ko koe, ko tatou

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Jody Hamiltonjody@jmpconsulting.co.nz+64 21 919 779

Shayne Walker is a part of the MEDS, Maori EconomicDevelopment Strategy for the region and is also the GeneralManager for Maungaharuru-Tangitu Trust (MTT) which wasestablished to receive and manage Treaty of Waitangi Settlementredress from the New Zealand Government.Shayne has collective experience across various industries with thepast 10 years working in justice and health, managing operations,designing strategy, policy and various governance roles with aparticular focus on accelerating Māori outcomes.

Jody Hamilton has over 18 years’ experience in the areas of employment andeconomic development, including 12 years as a senior executive inorganisations in Australia, Canada and New Zealand.She is the Director of JMP Consulting, drawing on her experiences in strategy,management and operations in economic and social development, primarilyfocussing in the areas of youth, Maori and Indigenous employment.As the project lead for the Sustainable Business Council’s Social Impactworkstream, Jody works with members to support them to be more effectivein recruiting excluded and disadvantaged young people into their businesses.

Simon Taylor works for The Icehouse in the areas of CustomerStrategy and Facilitation. He is also the director of his own businessST Consulting.

Sarah-Jo Barley has spent over eight years working internationally, establishing herself as a leading advisor in her role of assisting multinationals in their business development and growth strategies.This has provided her with a global network and extensive experience in partnership collaboration, strategic relationship engagement, client management and a deep understanding of the business challenges in developing regions.