Youth Resource and Development

The Resource and Development position is funded by the Department of Community Services through the Community service Grants Program.

The position is based at Glenmore Park in the youth and Community Centre on Town Terrace. This position works across the local government area (LGA).

I work within a social justice framework and the majority of my work is to support the development of resilient young people, advocate for safe communities in which to live, and promote welfare and wellbeing of all young people living in Penrith.

 

Key Areas of Activity Include:

Support for youth services Penrith Youth Interagency (PYI)

This interagency meets monthly and is a key interagency for youth services that cover the Penrith LGA.  The interagency rotates meeting places to youth centres throughout the LGA. The interagency has representatives that attend other interagencies and report back to PYI.

Minutes of past PYI meeting and meeting date schedules can be found by clicking here http://www.ngo.net.au/pyi/

 

Community Safety

Creating and maintaining safe communities is a key outcome of my project work.  For this reason I maintain representation on Community Safety sub-committees and liaise with Council around safety issues that affect young people.  

http://www.dvhelppenrithregion.nsw.gov.au/

 

Glenmore Park

My position is based in Glenmore Park and representation has been made to Community Safety in relation to issues arising in the Glenmore Park community.  Some projects have been undertaken in partnership with the Youthlinx activities service based in Glenmore Park and the young people that attend the service. One of those projects included this banner to support Reconciliation.

Also see the Glenmore Park area of this web site Click Here.

 

Kingswood Park

Kingswood Park is an area of high need and currently has no youth worker position.  I maintain representation on the Kingswood Park Action Network to assist this committee in attaining a direct service youth worker for this community.

 

Cranebrook

My position has maintained representation on the Cranebrook Neighbourhood Advisory Board (NAB) for the past three years. The NAB works to assist better coordination of services in Cranebrook, to monitor existing programs and to provide advocacy and support to services working in the Cranebrook community. 

 

Advocacy

My position provides Advocacy on Local / State / and Federal issues affecting the lives of young people and attempts to direct Government and Non-Government organizations in evidenced based approaches to the provision of youth services.

 

Direct Service

Young Ante Natal Group

Young Ante Natal Group is a 20 week program for pregnant young Women under the age of 20 years who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The program is unfunded and provided through a partnership of four services working to meet a gap.

Click here to download the Young Ante Natal Group flyer.

Young Ante Natal Group have set up a blog to use as a social networking site to share with other young parents living in Western Sydney.  It’s a place to share thoughts with other young parents and parents to be. This project is relatively new so content is limited but growing all the time. To access the site click here http://proud2byoungparents.blogspot.com/

 

Contact

To make contact with Spyns’ Youth Development and Resource Worker contact:

Laura Williams
Email: laura@spyns.org.au  or 

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