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Youth Registration form

To join the Youth@worK YES program, please complete the following application form.

First Name

Last Name

Are you a South African Citizen?

Within the age of between 21 and 28?

Have you previously participated in a YES programme?

Gender?

Disabled?

Please specify your disability

Are you currently unemployed?

Email Address

Identity Number

Race?

Are you or have you previously involved in any sport coaching activities?

Do you have a sport team which you are coaching?

Are you involved in any voluntary work?

What kind of work do you normally do, and to which school/church/etc

Mobile Number

Physical Address

Qualifications?

Year of completion

Would you be interested in participating on a learnership?

Which type of field will you be interested in?

Information Technology

Business

Early Childhood Development

What is the reason for wanting to apply for a 12-month YES Work Placement opportunity in a School?

Give an example of where you had to Organise something and explain how you went about it. This could be from school or socially.

Were you ever head of a social committee (school/socially); sports team captain; church youth group or can you tell us about a situation where you lead your classmates or friends?

Please give an example of where you had to show enormous commitment in your life. Either at school or personally.

Have you ever been placed in a situation where you were put under pressure to break rules/regulations?

What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?

With the following scenario which one would you choose? Everyone at home is going away for the weekend and you finally have the house to yourself. You decide to do the following:

Please explain why you made the above choice in the last question.

What are your 3 top strengths? First

Second

Third

What do you believe are your weaknesses?

Explain if you have any plans to overcome them or to capitalise on your strengths.

Provide the name of the school which referred you for this application / or the name of the school you will be working at should your application be successful.

Thank you for applying for our YES program, we will review your application and if it is successful we will contact you. 

Become a Host School

Please find the below registration form

Registration of school application:

Attend a YES Induction together with the YES youth
Attend Bi-Annual Meetings
Assign a supervisor to the YES youth
Ensure compliance with YES by completing, signing and sending weekly attendance registers
Ensure compliance with YES by completion of bi-monthly supervisor surveys via OPUS App/platform
Sign off weekly attendance register
I understand the school environment and the potential of the environment to provide YES youth with work experience
I understand the importance of providing guidance, supervision and mentorship to YES Youth and commit that our school will be ready.
I am willing to report back on YES requirements
I am willing to give necessary feedback to meet Youth@worK’s requirements around tracking and M&E
Are you willing to provide a “growth orientated” work environment to YES youth, including mentorship, developing a job description with the YES youth and allowing them to develop key workplace competencies?
Are you willing to provide monthly / quarterly (whichever is applicable) feedback via a brief questionnaire on each YES Youth placed at your school?

Ready to Register?

Please answer all following questions

Name of the School

Name of the Principal

Email Address of the Principal

Email Address of the School

Province your school is in

Mobile Number of the Principal

Contact Number of the School

Type of School

Are you as the Principal part of PfP program? If Yes, when did you start your PfP journey?

Are you willing to host YES youth on a 12-month work placement?

How many YES youth are most likely to work in:

Administration department?

Library?

ECD centre?

Sport coaching?

IT department?

HR and Finance department

Please provide us with the Names, ID numbers and Mobile numbers of your nominated YES youth e.g. (Desmond Mandela - 9305211718081 - 0768524155)

Candidate 1

Candidate 3

Candidate 5

Candidate 7

Candidate 9

Candidate 2

Candidate 4

Candidate 6

Candidate 8

Candidate 10

Number of government paid educator staff

Number of SGB paid educator staff

Number of school support staff

Number of learners

What quintile school are you?f the School

What year did the school open?

Brick school building(s)?

Prefab classrooms?

Water and sanitation adequate?

Flushing toilets?

School hall?

Administrative offices(s)?

Running water?

Heating?

Staff room?

Computer room?

Science Lab?

Special needs facilities?

Sports field?

Do you currently have organisations involved with your school?

EMIS Number Education district & circuit

Library?

Grassed area for the children to play?

Netball court?

What are the names of NGOs involved in your school

Name of Circuit Manager / IDSO

Contact number of Circuit Manager / IDSO

School special cases.

Have you hosted YES youth before through Youth@worK?

Do you accept that the intention of the YES programme is for youth to remain in permanent employment post YES?

Once the youth completed the YES year did they move into permanent employment?

Do you accept responsibility for developing the youth to become employable post YES?

Is it your intention to create a post at your school beyond YES?

Please indicate if the following applies to you/your school and use the comments box to provide more background if applicable.

Learner performance?

Grade 3

Grade 6

Please indicate your matric results

Grade 9

What are your school's top 3 challenges?

Does your school have a functional library?

Do you have a dedicated sports teacher?

Do you have active sports equipment and facilities?

How many hours a week do learners use the computers?

Do you have a dedicated IT teacher?

Do you have enough staff in Administration?

Is your reporting to the department always on time?

Do you use SASAMS effectively?

Would you like to improve the level of ECD in your school or feeder schools? Not applicable to high schools.

This survey services to confirm that I, as principal of this school:

I am willing to host YES youth at my school.
I am aware that only youth recommended will be considered for this opportunity.
The information above is an accurate indication of the resources available at the school.
I am aware that YES youth will need to be supervised and mentored by a senior member of staff.
I am aware that YES will need to be supervised and mentored by a senior member of staff.
The manager or mentor appointed must attend the induction sessions, provide monthly feedback on the YES youth’s performance and participate in feedback, monitoring and evaluation sessions.
The school ensures the YES youth has access to all tools required for the job allocated. Laptop, PC, desk, telephone etc.
All that is required to perform allocated duties.
Are you willing to actively support the YES youth to secure permanent employment at the end of the 12-month YES placement?
Much of the work readiness preparation will be done via mobile learning. You might be asked to provide a Training venue for the induction session and other related meetings convened throughout work placement process. Training on school premises may be negotiated.

By clicking on the 'Submit' button, I hereby acknowledge that the information contained in this application is correct to be the best of my knowledge. In consideration for the placement of YES youth, I agree to abide by the rules and regulations governing the Hosted Placement programme.

I also confirm that I am a duly authorised representative of (name of school provided), I confirm that, our school’s commitment to enter into an agreement as the host site for YES employees who are participating in the YES placement programme managed by Youth@worK.

And I am also aware that my application will be considered based on the information provided (Youth@worK reserves the right to query information and request further information) and the award will be at the complete discretion of Youth@worK.

I understand and accept the terms and conditions above

Thank you for registering with Youth@worK we will contact you once we have reviewed your application.