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Milburn urges UK to scale up supported internships for youth joblessness

The UK review says supported internships can lead to paid employment for up to 70% of participants, contrasting with as low as 5% of some special education needs groups moving into permanent jobs.

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Alan Milburn, leading a UK government review of young people and work, called for a major expansion of supported internships to tackle what he described as devastating youth joblessness.

The Guardian reports that, nationally, as few as 5% of some young people with special educational needs and disabilities move into permanent jobs, while employment outcomes for those who complete supported internship schemes can be as high as 70%.

Milburn warned that the number of 16 to 24-year-olds classified as NEET, not in employment, education or training, is at a 10-year high of nearly 1 million, and he linked the rise to more diagnoses at school for neurodevelopmental conditions or mental illness without a successful transition into work.

According to The Guardian, his review notes a risk that NEET numbers could rise by 25% to 1.25 million by the early 2030s without urgent government action, and he argued the system needs to be set up to provide opportunities and support for people with diagnoses to work.

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