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Challenges and opportunities
for post-secondary student
support services in the context
of the changing VET
environment
April Carlin
Service Manager
Careers, Counselling & Pathways Service
Reaching Your Destination
Hunter TAFE
29 July 2013
2 Overview: The presentation will cover
• Understanding the student profile, and emerging needs
• Use of technology, collaborative efforts and student centred service delivery
• How student support services can better facilitate course completion
3 Hunter TAFE
15 Campuses spanning from Gosford to Tomaree to Muswellbrook and Scone
65 000 enrolments
4 Hunter TAFE Student Support Services
• Careers, Counselling & Pathways Service • Disability Services • Multicultural Education Unit • Aboriginal Education & Training Unit
(Purrimaibahn) • Course Information, Libraries, Recognition • Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program • Open Learning Centres, TAFE Tutorial program • Reaching Your Destination
provides students enrolled with Hunter TAFE
access to a range of services in 3 main areas:
1. Career Development
2. Educational Effectiveness
3. Personal Issues
5 Careers, Counselling & Pathways Service
6 Snapshot - Hunter TAFE Students
2012 enrolment data 44% males 56% females
Snapshot – CC&PS Clients 7
41%
59%
Males
Females
8 Hunter TAFE Students - 2012 data
Location Under 30’s % 15-19 yr olds
Belmont 66%
Glendale 54%
Kurri Kurri 65%
Maitland 69% 40%
Cessnock 68% 40%
Muswellbrook 70% 44%
Newcastle 48%
Ourimbah 66% 36%
Wyong 58% 35%
Gosford 49% 28%
9 Who we see – by age.
9%
26%
32%
30-39 22%
11%
Under 16
17-19
20-29
30-39
Over 40
Careers, Counselling & Pathways Service
2011 2012
Instances of service 5825 5734
• Disability 30 % 21 %
• Mental Health 8 % 13 %
• Suicide 1 % <1 %
• Single parents 4.6 % 5 %
• ATSI 1.5 % 1.6 %
• LOTE 8.7% 9.7 %
10 Who do we see?
11 Snapshot – CC&PS Client issues
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
Educational Careers Personal Financial Other
Series1
Data in 10 categories is collected:
Vision Hearing
Physical Intellectual
Learning Mental Illness
Acquired Brain Injury
Multiple
Other
Disability data 12
13 Potential Need
In 2012 8.3 % of enrolments identified as having a disability. This equates to over 5000 enrolments.
2012 Disability data by type - 2012 14
0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500
01 VISION
02 HEARING-DEAF
03 PHYSICAL
04 INTELLECTUAL
05 MEDICAL CONDITION
06 MENTAL ILLNESS
07 ACQUIRED BRAIN IM
08 LEARNING
09 OTHER
10 MULTIPLE
• Increased focus on importance
of completion and therefore
earlier engagement
• Shrinking resources at state
level
• Changes to participation
requirements for Centrelink
benefit recipients
15 Changing VET sector
16 An opportunity - Targeted support
17 Your Checklist for Success
18 Potential Need
In 2012 8.3 % of enrolments identified as having a disability. This equates to over 5000 enrolments. If all students with some degree of disadvantage requested assistance we would be overwhelmed.
Current initiatives
•Your Everyday Solutions YES -
you can get it sorted
19 Opportunity
Current initiatives
•SUCCESS – Students
Undertaking Course Completion
Enhancement StrategieS
20 Opportunity
21 Thank you