Boosting Your Skills:
A Resource Guide for Youth Worker Training
Empowering young people in Canterbury requires continuous learning and development for those who work with them. This page serves as a starting point for youth workers, managers, coordinators, and volunteers seeking professional development opportunities.
Explore our curated directory of training programmes designed to enhance your skills and knowledge in positive youth development. Whether you're a seasoned professional, a new volunteer, or seeking to advance your career in youth work, you'll find valuable resources to support your growth and better equip you to guide and support young people in our community.
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Basic Training
If you are a new to youth work, in a paid or volunteer role, this training list is a great resource guide for beginner's working with young people.
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General Training
Complimentary to the first two lists, this list is a guide to general trainings throughout Canterbury for those working with young people. Suitable for seasoned youth workers (2 years or more).
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Specialised Training
Specialised trainings include workshops suitable for more experienced youth workers or individuals who work in a targeted demographic of youth work.
Foundational
Training
Code of Ethics in Youth Work for Aotearoa (COE)
The Code of Ethics for Youth Work in Aotearoa (COE) defines fundamental values and standards for youth workers in Aotearoa. Based off the principles of Mana Taiohi, COE does not have a 'Treaty Clause' but instead comprises 24 clauses committed to biculturalism and use practical examples critical to effective, ethical youth work practice.
COE Facilitators
Positive Youth Development Aotearoa (PYDA)
Positive youth development is an approach that focuses on nurturing young people's strengths and abilities, promoting their healthy development, and fostering their positive engagement with their communities. It emphasises building upon young people's assets rather than solely addressing their deficits.
PYDA Facilitators
Response Ability Pathways (RAP)
RAP is an application of the Circle of Mana, a model of youth development that places the mana of a young person at its centre. We recognise that meeting a young person’s needs to belong, to become competent, to exercise autonomy and act generously form a foundation that parenting, education, health and youth support are built on.
RAP Facilitators
Te Tiriti o Waitangi
RAP is an application of the Circle of Mana, a model of youth development that places the mana of a young person at its centre. We recognise that meeting a young person’s needs to belong, to become competent, to exercise autonomy and act generously form a foundation that parenting, education, health and youth support are built on.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi Facilitators
Boosting Your Skills:
A Resource Guide for Youth Worker Training
Empowering young people in Canterbury requires continuous learning and development for those who work with them. This page serves as a starting point for youth workers, managers, coordinators, and volunteers seeking professional development opportunities. Explore our curated directory of training programmes designed to enhance your skills and knowledge in positive youth development. Whether you're a seasoned professional, a new volunteer, or seeking to advance your career in youth work, you'll find valuable resources to support your growth and better equip you to guide and support young people in our community.