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8.0 - Unemployment Rate for Otarians
Current Value
14.5%
Definition
Story Behind the Curve
The rate of unemployment can serve as an indicator of how well families and individuals are managing their own circumstances. High unemployment rates often mean a dependency on benefits and welfare to get by.
The data values reported form the baseline for this indicator and are sourced from www.stats.govt.nz The data is for the whole of Otara Papatoetoe Local Board area and not contained to Otara only
The qualitative story behind the baseline is sourced from Group Think through the following hui:
- Thriving Otara Hui#1, 29 September 2016 (5 Hrs)
- Thriving Otara Hui#2, 04 November 2016 (2 Hrs)
- Thriving Otara Hui#3, 09 December 2016 (2 Hrs)
- Thriving Otara Hui#4, 26 January 2017 (2 Hrs)
- Thriving Otara Hui#5, 23 February 2017 (2 Hrs)
- Thriving Otara Hui#6, 23 March 2017 (2 Hrs)
What's helping to reduce the reported level of unemployment for Otarians
- more local businesses
- people creating own $ opps
- 'gentrification' - more people coming into the area who are employed and more financial, include home owner
- people not recognised as being unemployed, or not registered unemployed
- increase in students off the unemployment register
What's not helping to reduce the reported level of unemployment for Otarians
- increasing young population with low/nil skill or qualifications
- redefined social welfare categories
- people unable to work due to ill health
- local South Auckland businessman not actively recruiting Otarians
- lack of pastoral care to support students complete tertiary/trade qualifications
- introduction of casualisation/zero hours etc changes to employment - shift away from full time employment to informal employment
Partners
| Organisation/Place/Street Name | Contact Name and Role | Contribution This Organisation or Person Offers |
| MSD Community Investment | ||
| Marae | Work experience, community belonging | |
| TYLA Nurseries | Nooroa Rogers | Community garden plants |
| NZ Police | Leon, Snr Sgt Mike Schmidt | Refer youth at risk |
| Churches - PIC, Hope, SDA DB | Paster Paul - Community Patster | Voluntary work, networking |
| HNZC | Billie-Jo Paratene - Actg Area Manager Otara HNZC | Work experience |
| WINZ | Work Broker | |
| Employment Agencies | Personnel recruitment | |
| CYFs | Mark Postow - Site Manager | |
| WINZ | Rex Manson - Service Centre Manager | Can provide data on job availability, Services for building financial capability |
| CRN (Pacific Vision Aotearoa) | Kathleen Ng Shui | Connect TYLA to CRV Connect with Henry from flourish |
| Accelerating Aotearoa and Ko Awatea | Judy Speight - CEO Bridget Amour - Project lead | Deliver the Local Employment Access Project (LEAP) connecting local people to roles at CMH |
| TROW Group | ||
| ACC | Kathleen - Advisor | Connections to to work for disabled people |
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