Working with Young People in Schools and Communities

Essential training for working with young people in education and community settings.

Join us for a practical, hands-on training day designed to help staff and researchers navigate the unique challenges and opportunities of working with young people and schools. Whether you're new to engaging with young people or looking to refine your approach, this training day will provide essential strategies, ethical considerations, and real-world insights to ensure effective practice and a positive experience for all involved.

Who this course is for:
This course is ideal for PhD students, early career researchers, staff and healthcare professionals who are planning to collect data or run engagement activities with young people in education and community settings.

About this course:
This course provides best practice guidance on how to reach and engage with young people in schools, youth groups, community groups or on an individual level. This course focusses on how you can maximise interaction, develop your communications skills to connect with young people, plan engagement activities and pitch language appropriately. Connecting with young people from the outset is crucial to maximising the engagement  and the quality of data you collect for projects. The course covers how you can do that effectively as well as building strong working relationships with teachers, schools or youth organisations.

The learning outcomes are to:
- Identify the steps required to plan meaningful engagement activities
- Gain the knowledge to design meaningful engagement activities
- Develop your confidence to carry out engagement activities at a high-level
- Understanding safeguarding and sensitive topics – the do’s and don’ts of working with young people.

At the end of this course, you’ll receive a certificate stating the number of learning hours you have undertaken.

Facilitators:
The course lead is Lisa Bagust, Senior Enterprise Fellow and LifeLab Teacher
The LifeLab team are experienced educators, who have expertise in working with young people both within and outside school settings.

Please see our WEBSITE for more information

Feedback from previous attendees:  
“It really helps you to know how to maximum the engagement with young people. Definitely, very helpful. Highly recommendation!”  

“A thought-provoking opportunity to learn via discussion and others experiences”  

“I feel more encouraged to consider working with schools - feels more feasible now having heard the tips and experiences” 

“The ideas around how to best engage with young people are really useful. I will try to make my data collection procedures more exciting and creative.” 

“Direct implication for how I support young people on a research project this year”

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