Working with Young People
Lesley Conquest
November 2015
Welcome
About Medway Youth Trust
MYT exists to improve children and young people’s life chances.
MYT strives to be a leading youth development organisation with an ever
evolving range of contemporary programmes. Formed in 2008 our
organisation is not stifled by a long history or deep rooted traditions so we
stay focused on what is needed and what works to achieve our mission.
Welcome
We currently deliver:
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Youth and Employment Services (Medway)
Youth and Employability Service (East Sussex)
Trust Careers
Targeted Support SEN
National Citizen Service (Medway and East Sussex)
Princes Trust study programme (Medway)
YES I Can study programme (Medway)
Safe Around Sex programme (East Sussex)
LAC Bursary (Medway)
Apprenticeship Scheme (East Sussex)
Routes to Work (East Sussex)
Access to work experience (East Sussex)
Assessment
Interagency work
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Children’s Services
Housing department
Housing Associations
MARAC
Police
Schools
CAST
CAMHS
NHS
Teenage pregnancy team
Domestic Violence Forum
Job Centre
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Local council
MSCB
Educational Welfare
Local FE establishments
Training Providers
Medway Secure Training Unit
YOT
Surestart
Youth and Community
Local art groups (e.g. Sunlight
Centre)
Education
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YES I CAN
Princes Trust
Fairbridge
Schools
Other professionals
Organisational
Secure Training Unit
Teenage mums
Parents
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NCS
Young Carers
New Horizons
Youth Forum
Coming soon – educated at
home/off roll
• Transition groups
• SEN
Education
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Lifeskills
Homeless prevention
Relationships
Personal Safety
Internet Safety/Online
Safety
• Managing Stress
• Dealing with Anger
• Lateral Thinking/Problem
Solving
• Keeping Babies Safe
• Health e.g. Healthy Eating,
Smoking Awareness
• Parenting
Interaction
• Trust
• Relationship building – develop friendship within professional
boundaries
• Fun – games, quizzes, activities
• Opportunity to talk without interruption
• Explain what will happen next
• Be honest and realistic
• Put strategies in place to promote safety and lessen risk
• Take them seriously
Interaction
What does it all mean?
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Interaction
What does it all mean?
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Bum
Steal
Idiot
Pretty
Sexy
Slut
Grass, snitch
Fit, in good shape
Stupid, loser, gay
Thank you