Capability Building

National Youth Settlement Framework

The National Youth Settlement Framework (NYSF) 2020 edition remains Australia’s first and only evidence-based national guide to benchmark good practice with young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds – and is the only one of its kind globally. With practical tools, including Self-Assessment Guides, and a range of supplementary resources the NYSF is designed to equip policymakers and service providers with the skills and knowledge to best support young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds to thrive in Australia.

Since its release in 2016, the NYSF has been utilised in practice across sectors, in policy and service delivery, and more than 1,500 people have participated in NYSF training, webinars, and workshops in Australia and New Zealand. MYAN has also presented on the NYSF globally.

While the core of the NYSF remains unchanged, utilising Active Citizenship Domains and Indicators and Good Practice Capabilities, the 2020 edition includes updated and new content – including a section on youth work in Australia and 3 new Good Practice Capabilities.

How the sector is using the NYSF

“We are using the NYSF to inform how we build the capacity of young people. As a good practice framework, the NYSF provides us with the foundation to look at whether our services are being responsive to the needs and aspirations of young people as they see them.”

“The NYSF is a great tool for team supervision. I often choose a situation or scenario that a team might typically face, and then use the Good Practice Capabilities to discuss the issues and challenges in the situation and practical ways of addressing these.”

“The NYSF allows youth teachers across providers in the Melbourne Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) to communicate on achievements and challenges using a shared language and understanding. What is otherwise intuitive for youth teachers becomes something more grounded and conscious when referring to the NYSF. It supports the development of a consistent approach to youth-specific program design and delivery across the Melbourne AMEP.”

MYAN NYSF Active Citizenship Domains and Indicators

This diagram presents the four domains of Active Citizenship and Active Citizenship Indicator. These reflect the key areas of a young person’s life that need to be supported in order to achieve active citizenship. The indicators are designed to be used by service providers or programs to measure how a young person is ‘tracking’ in achieving active citizenship.

MYAN NYSF Good Practice Capabilities and Active Citizenship domains and indicators

This illustrates the link between the NYSF Good Practice Capabilities and Active Citizenship Domains and Indicators: applying the good practice capabilities at the service delivery level and working across the four domains of active citizenship.

MYAN NYSF National Youth Settlement Framework Summary

MYAN NYSF Applying Good Practice Capabilities

MYAN NYSF Applying Good Practice Capabilities – Self Assessment Guide

MYAN NYSF Applying Active Citizenship Indicators to Practice

MYAN NYSF Applying Active Citizenship Indicators to Practice – Self Assessment Guide

MYAN NYSF Useful Resources

Training Sessions

MYAN will be supporting the implementation of the NYSF across Australia in the coming months through a range of online and face-to-face interactive training workshops.

UPCOMING TRAINING SESSIONS

Victoria

Tuesday, 15 Oct 2024 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM AEDT
Centre for Multicultural Youth
304 Drummond St, Carlton VIC 3053

Past Training Sessions

Tasmania

Tuesday 20th July, 9:15 am – 5:15 pm
Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania
Level 2 1a Anfield Street
Glenorchy, TAS 7010