Want to make a difference: sign up for Youth Solutions

Are you a young person who is passionate about youth health?

Are you looking to make a difference in the Macarthur community?

Yes? Then Youth Solutions would love to hear from you.

The youth drug and alcohol prevention and health promotion charity is recruiting for its Youth Advisory Group (YAG).

Young people aged between 17 – 25 years, who live, work, study or spend their recreation time in Macarthur, have until Tuesday, May 31 to apply for the 2016 – 2017 YAG intake.

Youth Solutions chief executive officer Geraldine Dean encouraged young people with a passion for youth health and health promotion to apply.

“The Youth Solutions YAG is a vital part of our service,” Mrs Dean said.

“Our YAG members help us to ensure that our work is positively and appropriately geared towards the young people in our community.

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“For example, we know that young people value the knowledge and opinions of their peers, so we train up all of our YAG members so they can assist us with delivering some of our workshops, stalls and other community activities.

“The YAG members also lead the direction of our community health promotion campaign which targets tobacco smoking as an issue of concern for our young people.

“If you are looking for a way to get involved and give back to your community, if you are passionate about the health of young people or if you are looking for a range of personal and professional development opportunities, then I encourage you to apply for our YAG.”

Applications close at 4pm on Tuesday, May 31.

All YAG members are inducted and receive training to become peer educators.

Accordingly, all applicants must be available for a one-day training on either Saturday, July 16, or Tuesday, July 19.

The learned peer education skills are then put into practice throughout the year, as YAG members assist Youth Solutions in facilitating workshops with other young people.

The YAG also meet once a month to help identify issues young people face and, with support from Youth Solutions’ staff, develop solutions and strategies to address these issues.

In addition, the YAG supports the implementation and promotion of the Youth Solutions #whyichoose campaign, which addresses the issue of tobacco smoking.

Applications can be downloaded from the Youth Solutions website here and returned to yag@youthsolutions.com.au.

For further information or to have an application emailed or mailed out, contact the Youth Solutions team on 4628 2319.

♦ Youth Solutions is a health promotion and youth drug and alcohol prevention charity. For more information about Youth Solutions, or for drug and alcohol education, information, referral, or the current activities of Youth Solutions:

• Phone 4628 2319;

• Email: info@youthsolutions.com.au

• Website: Click here.