Our Vision:

Our Training is aimed at people who are working with children and young people. However we can adapt our training sessions to deliver to young people on subjects such as behaviour, understanding anger, self esteem and more. We can also tailor individual sessions in any subject of your choice with notice.

We train people in a way that recognises and respects individual experiences and opinions. We encourage feedback from all our service users, to enable us to improve the quality of service we provide.

About Us:

We are a group 14 young people aged between 16 and 25 years, who have been trained as Young Trainers in Somerset. We work alongside SCIL (Somerset Centre for Integrated Learning) and have been running for two and a half years. We have personally undertaken training in a variety of different subjects, for example; cyber bullying and bullying, sexual health, self esteem, dealing with difficult people and many more.

 

Training and Services we Provide:

·     Assertiveness

·     Children’s Rights

·     Circle Time

·     Communication with Young People

·     Cyber Bullying & Bullying

·     Self Esteem

·     Understand Adolescent Development

·     Understand Anger

·     Presentation Skills & Public Speaking

·     Young People’s consultation group

·     Young People’s representatives on interview panels

 

Quotes from our Service Users:

Andrew Wilson - Health Promotion Manager, NHS. "The use of the young trainers greatly enhanced the outcome of our objectives that would have been harder to achieve without them".

Val Bishop - Global Education Manager, Bristol City Council. "It was so important for the year 8s to see positive role models there. The Your World Your Say Conference was a multi-agency regional event designed to show young people the positive ways they could make a difference in their world. The workshops run by Somerset Young Trainers were well planned, brilliantly executed and enjoyed by all participants. One year 8 was overheard to say “This is about student voice – and they’re showing us how we can use it”.

Vicky Thomas – Group Manager Integrated Learning, Integrated Servies, SCIL. "As services for children and young people continue to develop, we must keep under review the range of knowledge and new skills required by the workforce to ensure the sustained delivery of the highest quality of provision. Who better to help us achieve this than the young people. The first young trainers were recruited over two years ago and within a couple of months the impact of their work was phenomenal. I will never forget watching the delivery at a conference for support staff in school. By the end of the session almost everyone was on their feet and asking when they would be going out and delivering in schools. The young trainers are a really experienced and professional group of trainers. They work hard, are extremely reliable and a real asset to the children and young peoples workforce". 

 

Further Information:
If you would like any further information regarding Somerset Young Trainers or would like to find out more about what we offer please see the contact information below.

Contact us:

SCIL: 01823 368280

Monday—Thursday

8.30am-5.00pm

Friday 8.30am-4.30pm

Email: scil@somerset.gov.uk

Website: www.scilearning.org.uk

 

Photos:

To see photos of Somerset Young Trainers meetings and planning sessions, please click here.

To see photos of Somerset Young Trainers delivery sessions, please click here.

 

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