An important part of the services provided by the Health Outreach Team is the delivery of training to youth workers that are assisting young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

We are currently in the process of refining our training packages and will be posting some information soon.

We also have the ability to develop specific purpose training for youth workers to assist them in addressing the health needs of young homeless people. Please contact us to discuss this further.

One of the training programs that we run is in relation to the One to One resource that YAA produced to assist youth workers to work one to one with young people regarding sexual health needs. An outline of this training is as follows:

One 2 one Training

One 2 One is a resource developed over three years in collaboration with youth accommodation and youth health workers throughout Sydney’s west and south west areas. The resource is aimed at those who do one on one casework with young people.

One 2 One comprises a huge range of education activities covering a broad range of sexual health issues including self-esteem, communication and decision making skills, relationships, contraception and safe sex, STIs and more.

Aims of training:

• Increase the participants understanding of the sexual health needs of homeless and at risk young people
• Increase participants’ awareness of the importance of their own values and attitudes in this work with young people.
• Provide an opportunity for participants to familiarise themselves with & practise using the One 2 One Resource
• Build & strengthen the links between youth workers & youth health services within their local areas
• Develop a work based plan to ensure the implementation of skills, confidence & knowledge gained through the training

The training that we deliver usually has a small fee to assist with the costs of delivering the training and YAA members have access to a discounted rate.

Please contact us via our contacts page for further information about training.