Link and Launch
Each year, we are proud of our students who complete Year 12. From school, many of our students go on to further study, training and employment and ultimately, make positive contributions to our community.
Among each group of Year 12 students there are some who need additional support to successfully transition to further study, training or work.
The Link and Launch program is designed to help these young people decide what further study, training or employment might be best for them and to assist them in pursuing their chosen pathway.
How the program works
Link and Launch connects with young people who have completed Year 12 but not yet transitioned to further study, training or work. Link and Launch Coordinators can assist young people to navigate the system and consider a range of post-school study, training and work options in line with their individual goals, aspirations, skills and strengths. Link and Launch aims to support young people to make independent choices that will equip them to make a successful transition. Some of the options young people may consider through the program include:
· free apprenticeships and traineeships for under 25s
· fee free TAFE
· Skilling Queenslanders for Work programs
· alternative entry to university
· finding employment
Who can get involved
Young people who are not in education, employment or training and who completed Year 12 in the previous two years are eligible to join the program. Older Year 12 graduates who may benefit from the program are also welcome to make contact. All eligible young people who have completed their senior studies can participate irrespective of where they went to school.
Students currently enrolled at our school are not eligible to join the program as we already provide them with career guidance and planning support as part of their schooling.
Does it work?
Thousands of young people across Queensland have already accessed the Link and Launch program. By September 2024, more than 3200 young people had been supported to make successful transitions from school into study, training or work.
A long-term follow-up study shows that 87.2% of young people were still engaged in education, training or employment 18 months after they were supported by their Link and Launch Coordinator to make a transition.
How to access the Link and Launch program
Lockyer District High School is our closest school hosting the Link and Launch program and offers assistance to local young people who have completed Year 12, regardless of which school they attended.
To find out more and get in touch, please visit the Lockyer District State High School website.