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The Napier and Hastings Youth Transition Service is a joint Ministry of Social Development, Napier and Hastings Mayoral initiative.

The service co-ordinates and supports the smooth transition of school leavers (15 – 19 years) into further education, training, employment and other constructive activities by networking with a range of agencies to provide support and interventions which will promote successful outcomes for young people. The Napier and Hastings Youth Transition Service delivers against the following four core functions:

  • follow-up school leavers and identify where they are transitioning to. Offer customised support if the young person has not identified a ‘next step’.
  • engage with the young people who are at risk of prolonged disengagement from work, education or training and provide them with customised support and guidance to facilitate their re-engagement into appropriate work, education or training.  [These may be community and school referrals, or have been identified through the school leaver follow up].
  • identify and support the development of appropriate labour market, education and training opportunities for young people
  • provide a forum for ongoing strategic planning and co-ordination of services for young people.

The service wishes to support local employers in the following ways:


Through organising seminars
Seminars provide an opportunity for the transition service to engage with a wider group of local employers to discuss the service’s role and outline a range of contributions that employers can make.

Identifying youth-friendly employers
Identifying employers who are willing to engage youth and building relationships with them is an important way of increasing youths’ employment opportunities.

Being available to meet with an employer
Transition service staff can provide support to an employer, and they can also act in a capacity as mediator, to identify and sort out issues to enable a young person to remain on the job.

Encouraging local employers to become involved in coaching
We would encourage employers to adopt the role of a coach or support their staff who choose to become coaches by allowing them to coach youth during work hours.

Providing intensive post-placement support
Providing post-placement support is critical. Such support may take the form of daily workplace visits, early phone calls (making sure that the individual in question has got up each morning or arrived at work), and being on-site to help resolve issues