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Youth
YouthWorks provides strong pathways for
continued education and training for disengaged youth not attending main stream
schooling. It achieves outcomes for youth through an applied learning
environment which simply means to achieve learning in literacy and
numeracy in a real and practical way with outcomes that can be seen and
used.
It is an approach which empowers and motivates young people, while assisting them to develop key skills and knowledge required for employment, further education and active participation in their communities.
Outcomes of this innovative program include:
Our experienced and qualified staff can assist our clients to explore the most appropriate further education options to suit their skills, interests and learning styles.
For more information on Youthworks, please contact Youthworks, located at 208a Dana Street, Ballarat. Telephone: (03) 5331 9969.
BEST Community Development’s “YouthWorks" students worked alongside a
crew of Bunnings employees this week to complete a makeover of the
Youthworks facility in Dana Street.
Using paint donated by Dulux Australia, and scaffolding from Coates Hire in Ballarat, the team of YouthWorks participants and around 20 Bunnings team members took two days to transform the formerly dingy workshop into a colourful and cheery workplace. The old kitchen was removed and replaced with a shiny new one and carpet now adorns the concrete floor in the recreation area.
The difference this makeover will make to the workshop is much more than the physical – the participants “owned” the project and were actively engaged in changing their workplace. The mentoring, training and relationship building that took place will forever be remembered. “It was like being part of a big team and we got so much done in a really short time," was the comment from one 16 year old involved; and another was heard to say how cool it was to “learn stuff from experts."
It is an approach which empowers and motivates young people, while assisting them to develop key skills and knowledge required for employment, further education and active participation in their communities.
Outcomes of this innovative program include:
- Improved student motivation and commitment
- Learning the generic skills that are valued in the workplace, e.g. problem solving, working effectively with others and in teams, leadership and personal responsibility
- Improved self esteem and confidence for those involved
- Improved transition for students with different preferred learning styles
- Re-engagement
into mainstream schooling or further education such as Apprenticeships or Traineeships
Our experienced and qualified staff can assist our clients to explore the most appropriate further education options to suit their skills, interests and learning styles.
For more information on Youthworks, please contact Youthworks, located at 208a Dana Street, Ballarat. Telephone: (03) 5331 9969.
Corporate and community co-operation in action at Youthworks
BEST Community Development’s “YouthWorks" students worked alongside a
crew of Bunnings employees this week to complete a makeover of the
Youthworks facility in Dana Street.Using paint donated by Dulux Australia, and scaffolding from Coates Hire in Ballarat, the team of YouthWorks participants and around 20 Bunnings team members took two days to transform the formerly dingy workshop into a colourful and cheery workplace. The old kitchen was removed and replaced with a shiny new one and carpet now adorns the concrete floor in the recreation area.
The difference this makeover will make to the workshop is much more than the physical – the participants “owned” the project and were actively engaged in changing their workplace. The mentoring, training and relationship building that took place will forever be remembered. “It was like being part of a big team and we got so much done in a really short time," was the comment from one 16 year old involved; and another was heard to say how cool it was to “learn stuff from experts."