Training for Young People
SYA’s Challenge Awards
Completing the SYA Challenge Award is the perfect way for young people to build life skills that will stay with them forever. The best bit is that any young person in your youth club over 11 years old can complete the challenge – either on their own or as part of a group!
Young people will be placed into ‘Award Groups’ with their peers and will meet other young people from Shropshire and surrounding areas such as Shrewsbury and Telford, encouraging support from one another on their journeys.
Workshops covering a number of topics specifically selected for the Challenge Award, and for young people, are available to attend. Following these, the young people will be tasked with designing their challenge and mapping out how they will achieve their goals.
Our project workers will be there to offer a helping hand throughout the Challenge, from ensuring their goals are manageable and realistic to celebrating when the Challenge is completed!
UK Youth Challenge Award Poster
Young Leaders Training (Funded by The Big Lottery)
Are you over 13 and interested in becoming a young leader? Maybe you know someone who is? If so, this is the course you’ve been looking for!
You will spend two days enjoying interactive workshops led by youth workers, improving your self-confidence, and learning how to help current Leaders run your youth club. Who knows, it could be you running the youth club and organising youth events next!
General Young Leaders Training Poster_Flyer
Young Health Champions Workshops Flyer
Training for Youth Workers
We offer a range of training courses to help Youth Workers expand their skills and knowledge. Participating in these courses also contributes to your youth clubs, Bronze, Silver or Gold award!
Our training courses are delivered by qualified staff, both online and face to face.
You can find our 2024 Training Calendar below, where all course details and prices will be outlined.
For more information please contact our training coordinator, Kerry on 07710 095802 or email kerry@sya.org.uk
Youth Work Courses
Level 2 (£400 for non-voluntary groups)*
Level 2 is aimed at voluntary leaders and youth workers in training who would like to improve their youth support skills and develop their knowledge of working with young people.
Units include:
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- Engaging and communicating with young people
- Safeguarding
- Theory of group work
- Young people’s development
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Level 3 (£1,800)*
Level 3 is for youth leaders to be able to gain a nationally recognised qualification in youth work. You must already be working in a youth work environment, such as a youth club or youth charity and have completed Level 2
Units include:
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- Group work within youth group settings
- Working with challenging behaviour in young people in youth work settings
- Reflective practice
- Work based practice
- Understanding how to manage staff when working with young people
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*NB. Prices may be subject to change.
Level 2 and 3 Poster with dates
To apply for a Level 2 or Level 3 award, for more information or to discuss any other training needs, please contact Kerry Williams at training@sya.org.uk and she will be happy to help.
Call us:
01743 730005