Manhattan doesn’t put youth employees on a fixed schedule. For example 9-5 shift every week. Manhattan uses a flexible roster to suit people’s studies and activities e.g. sport. What Manhattan does is they do the roster on a weekly basis and staff members have to inform the manager on availabilities. For example if someone has exams coming they have to let someone know just so they don’t get put on a shift. If its ok with the student, they are more then welcome to cut their hours down if, they’ve got exams or HSC.
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and responsibilities are the exact same as adult employees at Manhattan Superbowl. They try to treat everyone the same. For example everyone gets the same staff discount.
At Manhattan they don’t have any special induction programs for young people so what we try to do is have training days every six months where all the party hosts get together. At Manhattan they have a buddy system so when you start working at the venue they pair you up with a more experienced employee for about 2-3 weeks until you are confident to work on your own so their training system is teaming you up with someone.
The benefits of having young employees at Manhattan Superbowl is that they are energetic, flexible with hours, they are willing to learn, young employees don’t have bad habits so you can sort of mould them their way.
At Manhattan they have a few roles that require special skills. Like to work in the café/bar you need to have your RSA, to work in the kitchen you need to have a food handler certificate and to be a functions/parties coordinator you need to know about good hospitality skills, good communication skills and it also has to be someone that has good organisation skills. That’s the main roles that Manhattan Superbowl has.
To be a party host at Manhattan you need to have a great personality and communication are the main skills that they require because you need to make sure that you have the kids attention. It also helps to be enthusiastic and energetic.
Manhattan doesn’t provide any additional training for new staff members. It’s really on going training. What they do is they if there are any changes then they’ll do verbal communication either with a group or via email.
I don’t think all the staff at Manhattan are aware of the WHS rules but Manhattan tries to enforce them. It’s in their induction manual and the manager has told the employees that it’s in the manual and he’s told them on going with their training so he thinks they’re aware of the WHS rules. Not all of the regulations affect Manhattan. The manager said that it’s a mix of the venue rules and the WHS rules.
The number of young Australians unemployed has tripled since 2008. More than 50,000 young people have been unemployed for more than a year.
This means nearly 18% of unemployed 15 to 24 year-olds now fall into the “long-term unemployed” category, according to a new analysis released by the Brotherhood of St Laurence.
Since 2008 there has been a decline in employment opportunities for young people. Unemployment rate for young Australians has drifted between 12% and 16%.
But not only does long-term unemployment hurt a young person’s financial and psychological well-being, it could also increase the chances of ongoing unemployment.
Those who experience unemployment while young are more likely to have poor. Earlier research for the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) found more than 20% of those unemployed when they were young were unemployed again after the age of 25.
Low-skilled individuals would be affected the worst by long-term unemployment, because job experience was serious to find work. More than 62% of those unemployed in their youth have not completed high school.
Recommendations for services: Education for work
- Mix career development and employability skills in all areas of curriculum.
- Provide information for families and carers to enable them to effectively guide their children to develop realistic career aspirations and employment
skills.
- Provide adequate orientation and ongoing training for all staff and volunteer who work with disadvantaged young people
- Continue with programs based on good practice group learning
Collaboration
- Develop strong communication networks and follow up tools that allow for all providers to be informed of the abilities and needs of the young people involved.
- Strengthen links between schools/youth services and employers