Young people as trainersYoung Trainers - You become the trainer for professional people working with children in care.
What is training?
Staff training is when staff come together to learn more about an area of their work, or learn something new to help them do their jobs better. Social Workers and foster carers all have to do an amount of training each year.
Being a trainer means being the person who helps staff to learn. Learning can happen in lots of different ways, so being a trainer is often really exciting and creative.
What do young people do?
Young people have been helping to train staff for for over 6 years in
There is an excellent programme for new and experienced young people to become involved in training. Our course is called Particiation and Voices and you can find out more about it by clicking on the downloadable document on this page.
Examples of the types of people our young people have trained:
Senior Managers
Social Workers
Residential Workers
Foster carers,
Teachers
Nurses
Youth workers
Education welfare officers
Councillors
Head over to the Wakefield Youth Work Website to see what's happening near you.
http://wfyouth.co.uk/things-to-do/
Wakefield Theatre have lots of opportunities for you. Get in touch with Richard on 01924 304223
We are looking for a group of young people to be part of a pilot group for a new 16+ group.
Would you like to influence decision makers and make a positive difference to care leavers lives?
Get in touch with Rich on 01924 304223
Get in touch and tell us what you'd like to see on here. Email: rstanley@wakefield.gov.uk or call us on 01924 304223
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