Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

This particular program is showing early signs of being particularly successful when it comes to allowing young people to transition into work and to deal with the barriers of mental health that they find themselves facing in the process of moving into work. As I said, this particular trial co-locates the employment services and support that the individual needs alongside the mental health supports that young people need, sometimes to deal with issues of anxiety, depression and other mental health conditions. Most particularly, these trial sites have been focused in areas where we have seen higher levels of unemployment and also socioeconomic disadvantage. Importantly, Newstart recipients who have entered the program have the highest level of employment success, with over 60 per cent of those that were on Newstart moving into a job since being engaged in the program. Equally importantly, one in three of the young people on a disability support pension also got a job.