This Toolkit from University of Bath aims to:
- deepen understanding of the factors leading to NEEThood
- outline a range of effective intervention strategies
- explain the mechanisms underpinning effective interventions
- give guidance on evaluating intervention to tackle NEEThood
Brief overview of the Toolkit – Introduction to the Toolkit
Research and Videos
- Conceptual framework to understanding the risks to early leaving NEEThood A video explaining a holistic framework for understanding the full range of risks to NEEThood and how these risks interact with each other.
- Pathways to Change 5 mechanisms for effectively tacking early school leaving and NEEThood A video explaining the underlying processes which led to sustaining engagement or supporting re-engagement across a variety of interventions for young people who are NEET/ at risk of NEET.
- Introduction to Connected Belonging A video outlining a whole school approach to fostering a sense of wellbeing connectiveness for all young people within a school.
- Further Reading A Conceptual Framework for Researching the Risks to NEET
Interventions , Training and Resources
- Training Session 1 Understanding NEEthood.
- Understanding NEEThood Applying the Framework Activity to consider risk factors when working with a young person.
- Training Session 2 Intervening on NEET.
- Full Intervention handbook Details on how to develop interventions in your own settings.
- Brief Guide to Intervention Strategies With Overview Guide to the 13 strategies for supporting young people to avoid becoming NEET.
- Action Planning Tool Form to help identify appropriate interventions for a young person.
- Risk Review and Support Needs Tool
Academic Articles and Further Information
- 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.
- Academic article comparing young people’s and educators’ views on the risks to NEEThood, drawing on data from South West England.
- Academic article presenting the 5 mechanisms underpinning a pathway to change when supporting young people NEET/ at risk of NEET.