Book a youth workshop

The YEP Project is bound by the Youth Work Code of Ethics and seeks to support young people to maintain healthy and positive relationships and sexual experiences.

We do this through a youth peer model and use fun, engaging and informed sexual health activities and relatable conversations.

We operate under a harm minimisation, sex positive and inclusive approach.

Young people aged 12-25 years old, although it is best to provide sessions to a narrower age range.

YEP focuses on SHBBV targeted communities: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, CaLD, young people involved with the justice system and/or out of home care, and LGBTIQA+ young people. YEP also creates content for young people with disabilities.

1-2 topics can be covered per session, depending on the topic.

Workshops typically last 1.5 hours, but can be made longer or shorter depending on the needs of your group. YEP staff can also come earlier for our session to build rapport with young people in their space.

YEP is experienced in delivering sessions to young people who have experienced trauma and/ or have diverse learning needs. All sessions are trauma-informed and interactive.

Minimum 6 young people per session, maximum 25 young people per session.

For sessions that require the YEP crew to travel more than 60 kilometres roundtrip, we require a minimum of 10 young people.

However, please consider the learning needs of your young people and outline this in your booking form.

Please also consider the cultural, spiritual and personal needs of your young people. Discuss with your clients if they would like single sex groups, a mixed gender group, a whole group or a mixture.

Please do feel free to discuss this with YEP staff before booking.

YEP specialises in providing sessions outside of school settings e.g. youth centres, residential services, mental health services. However if you have a group (ideally from a SHBBV target community) within your school or a particular event that you would like us to attend (e.g. health stall), we may be able to facilitate this.

Youth workshops and attendance at events (e.g. community stalls), can be delivered where deemed COVID safe, within a 1.5 hour drive from Perth CBD.

The YEP Project has limited capacity to provide in person services to the regions, and typically provides 2 regional engagements per annum.

The YEP Project can provide limited presentations or interactive sessions online, where young people are together in a room, with the support of a youth worker/teacher/etc.

The hiring organisation is responsible for the room and building management where the workshop is taking place.

At least one member of staff from the hiring agency is required to remain in the room for the duration of the workshop to support the engagement of the participants.

YEP is a youth peer-based sexual health project. As such, educators are young people. It is important, that peer educators are protected against racism, ableism, queer-phobia, sexism and intimidation, as much as possible. It is expected that the hiring organisation will actively work towards supporting the wellbeing of the peer educators.

Should you feel this may be a complex issue for your organisation please speak to our Senior Educator, Claudia, at claudia@yacwa.org.au. Alternatively, you may like to request a professional development session with our Project Coordinator, Zoe, on zoe@yacwa.org.au who can show you how to run our activities with your young people.

Due to the topics we discuss, disclosures of sexual assault or intimate partner violence are unfortunately common. Should YEP staff receive the disclosures directly, these will be forwarded on to nominated staff at the hiring agency. The hiring organisation is responsible for supporting young people after the workshop to provide psychosocial supports as required. Staff on site during a YEP workshop should be prepared to manage disclosures and have knowledge of how to refer to local support services.

The YEP Project’s youth workshops are provided for free, thanks to our funding from the Department of Health WA. If ongoing workshops are required, a fee for service model may be negotiated.

Workshops are provided on site in community.

While our preference is delivering our workshops in-person to young people, we are also able to deliver some of our workshops and resources online when requested. This is to ensure the safety of both our team and the young people we work with.

Yes, we offer a series up to a 5 weeks. This can be delivered weekly or across several months.

This is only available for bookings:

• in the Metropolitan Boorloo/ Perth area
• those with a minimum of 10 young people.

If eligible, please request this in your booking form.