This exemplar outlines the importance of flexible approaches to curriculum delivery, highlighting the importance of collaboration to support the learner journey.

The approach is Developing Scotland’s Young Workforce by increasing the range of pathways available to young people through further learning, training and skills development. The CLD Youth Work team offer an education programme as an alternative to the school curriculum. Accreditation is an important part of the programme.

Improvement questions

• How well do we use accredited learning opportunities to raise and encourage learners to progress?
• What evidence do we have that learners are achieving, attaining and progressing?
• How well do we recognise and celebrate achievement and attainment?
• How do we know that the learning offer meets the needs of learners and communities?

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Why was it done?

The CLD service receive referrals for young people experiencing difficulties in school, at home or in their community who require individual support. Many are young people who are not attending school or having difficulty sustaining a full-time timetable. The aim is to engage young people in opportunities that will benefit their future and to prevent further disengagement in their learning.

What was the impact?

View Youth Work Journey video from Dundee City Council's YouTube channel.

This video showcases the learning journey of young people participating within CLD Youth Work.

The video clip highlights the importance of collaboration to support the learner journey. The two young people highlighted in the video are clear about the difference that CLD Youth Work made to them and their learner journey. For them being involved in the programme has meant a range of opportunities they might otherwise have not had resulting in clear plans for their future. Practitioners involved discuss how the programme helped to foster relationships with young people to help them to see their potential.

Quotes from young people involved

“It’s made me be where I am right now, I would never have thought I’d get to where I am right now: in a full time college course.”

"CLD Youth Work means meeting new people and all the new opportunities you get."

To find out more, please contact:

Alison MacAulay, Senior Community Learning & Development Worker
East Youth Team, Neighbourhood Services
Douglas Community Centre

Email alison.macaulay@dundeecity.gov.uk
Tel 01382436953