A World For, By and
With Young People
A World For, By and With Young People
We represent and promote the rights, interests and wellbeing of young Canberrans and those who work with them.
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march
02mar10:00 am11:30 amLaunch of the ACT Youth Work Code of Ethical Practice
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We are pleased to invite you to join us at launch of the ACT Youth Work Code of Ethical Practice, hosted by Minister Berry. The
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We are pleased to invite you to join us at launch of the ACT Youth Work Code of Ethical Practice, hosted by Minister Berry.
The ACT Youth Work Code of Ethical Practice provides a framework for safe, ethical, and professional youth work practice. It articulates the principles and values that underpin youth work practice, the elements that characterise and distinguish youth work from other professions, and the responsibility of youth workers to maintain a high level of professionalism. Ethical practice is essential because youth workers often work with some of the most marginalised and vulnerable people in our community.
The ACT Youth Work Code of Ethical Practice has been developed for, by and with the ACT Youth Sector. It revises and builds upon the previous work done by the sector over 15 years ago.
Copies of the ACT Youth Work Code of Ethical Practice Toolkit will be available at the launch. Following the launch the toolkit will also be available online. The toolkit includes:
- The ACT Youth Work Code of Ethical Practice
- Supporting Ethical Youth Work – A guide to for organisations that employ youth workers
- Posters – highlighting the Code for Young People and for Youth Workers
- Ethical Youth Work in Action – A series of case studies which provide practical examples of how to apply the ethical youth work practice in a range of scenarios, and questions for discussion and reflection
Minister Berry will be hosting the launch at the ACT Legislative Assembly. We would love for you to join us and celebrate the launch of the code
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(Thursday) 10:00 am – 11:30 am
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april
06apr9:30 am11:00 amYHHF – Thurs 6th April
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The Youth Coalition hosts the Youth Housing and Homelessness Forum (YHHF) every two months. All services and government agencies are welcome. The
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The Youth Coalition hosts the Youth Housing and Homelessness Forum (YHHF) every two months. All services and government agencies are welcome.
The YHHF aims to provide a forum for housing and homelessness providers to improve their practice in supporting young people who are experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, homelessness in the ACT. The objectives of the YHHF are:
- To provide further opportunity for all youth housing and homelessness providers to share information and identify collaborative opportunities
- To provide a forum to discuss, identify and address practice issues
- To provide an opportunity for housing and homelessness providers to feed issues that affect young people
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(Thursday) 9:30 am – 11:00 am
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Click here to join teams14apr10:00 am12:00 pmMYAN – Friday April 14th
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MYAN ACT commenced in 2008 as a community-based network of workers and services that support young people from culturally diverse backgrounds, with coordination and secretariat support provided by
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MYAN ACT commenced in 2008 as a community-based network of workers and services that support young people from culturally diverse backgrounds, with coordination and secretariat support provided by the Youth Coalition of the ACT, the peak body for young people and youth affairs in the ACT. The intention of MYAN ACT was to improve support for multicultural young people, strengthen multicultural youth services in the ACT, strengthen connections between ‘mainstream’ and multicultural youth services, and raise the profile of multicultural youth issues in the ACT.
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(Friday) 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
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The Youth Coalition takes a collaborative approach to all its work, in consulting and engaging with members and stakeholders on policy and advocacy opportunities; and in the development and implementation of sector development.
One of the ways that the Youth Coalition aims to achieve its objectives is through pro-actively engaging in the development of policy that affects young people aged 12 – 25, and responding to policy activities such as discussion papers and strategies.
The Youth Coalition undertakes a range of advocacy and representation work that aims to raise awareness of emerging issues to both government and the broader community. Advocacy and representation work takes place through sitting on forums, committees, advisory groups, steering groups and boards; as well as through meetings with MLAs, government department officials and other stakeholders. The Youth Coalition also advocates to progress the interests of young people through developing policy submissions and participating in policy activities.
The Youth Coalition provides a number of sector development activities to workers and services in the youth and community sectors; that focus on information provision, training, networking, resource development, collaborations and partnerships. These activities aim to support workers and services to build their capacity and improve their practice in working with young people in the ACT.
The Youth Coalition provides consultancy support to community-based programs and services, as well as government agencies to undertake service improvement, research and evaluation activities that seek to improve outcomes for young people and their families.
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