Other risky youth Involvement in risky behaviour Targeted activities for engaged in risky behaviours behaviour or Involvement in pro-social activity Encourage involvement in pro-social activities (e.g. issues impacting sport and school attendance) Associations with delinquent peers youth Are youth on the street late at night? Youth boredom Is boredom an for youth in the and community leader input community? Delivery of activities at times of most need When are youth most bored? activities What other services are being Identify services to build upon and/or collaborate with already available provided? Identify services not provided that meet community needs in the community Reducing overlap, filling gaps For example, football team or other sporting programs Source: The Allen Consulting Group 2013. Chapter 6 includes a tool which youth workers can use to develop a community risk profile based on these building blocks. Management of the EKYSN Governance of the EKYSN Governance arrangements of the should be more clearly defined and incorporate further engagement from local Indigenous community members. The COAG Service Delivery Principles for programs and services for Indigenous people (2008) outline the Indigenous engagement principle engagement should be — central to the design and delivery of programs. The evaluation identified a fragmented approach to Indigenous community input into the operation and focus of the EKYSN, as well as the design and delivery of programs. To strengthen Indigenous input to the operation and focus of the EKYSN, it is proposed that an advisory group be established, comprised of Indigenous community leaders and youth. This advisory group would provide strategic input and advice to EKVSUWG and hub coordinators. As described in the previous chapter, Indigenous input to program design and delivery will also be strengthened at the local level through community building blocks. Coordination of the EKYSN The evaluation identified that the EKYSN hub coordinator roles regional youth — service manager (Kununurra) and youth services coordinator (Halls Creek) were — critical to the effective operation of the EKYSN. In the future it is vital that both these positions exist and continue to be funded and filled.
Other risky youth behaviour or issues impacting youth Involvement in risky behaviour Involvement in pro-social activity Associations with delinquent peers Are youth on the street late at night? Targeted activities for engaged in risky behaviours Encourage involvement in pro-social activities (e.g. sport and school attendance) Youth boredom Is boredom an for youth in the community? When are youth most bored? and community leader input Delivery of activities at times of most need activities already available in the community What other services are being provided? Reducing overlap, filling gaps For example, football team or other sporting programs Identify services to build upon and/or collaborate with Identify services not provided that meet community needs Source: The Allen Consulting Group 2013. Chapter 6 includes a tool which youth workers can use to develop a community risk profile based on these building blocks. Management of the EKYSN Governance of the EKYSN Governance arrangements of the should be more clearly defined and incorporate further engagement from local Indigenous community members. The COAG Service Delivery Principles for programs and services for Indigenous people (2008) outline the Indigenous engagement principle — engagement should be central to the design and delivery of programs. The evaluation identified a fragmented approach to Indigenous community input into the operation and focus of the EKYSN, as well as the design and delivery of programs. To strengthen Indigenous input to the operation and focus of the EKYSN, it is proposed that an advisory group be established, comprised of Indigenous community leaders and youth. This advisory group would provide strategic input and advice to EKVSUWG and hub coordinators. As described in the previous chapter, Indigenous input to program design and delivery will also be strengthened at the local level through community building blocks. Coordination of the EKYSN The evaluation identified that the EKYSN hub coordinator roles — regional youth service manager (Kununurra) and youth services coordinator (Halls Creek) — were critical to the effective operation of the EKYSN. In the future it is vital that both these positions exist and continue to be funded and filled.
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