Youth Development Training

Mana Taiohi and Code of Ethics training is in huge demand across the motu. Over the past 8 months Ara Taiohi and YMCA have been offering a number of free trainings for youth workers in cities and main centres. We are also aware that there are many volunteer and unpaid youth workers in the Wairarapa and that many rangatahi / youth are the first port of call for friends and peers that are having a rough time. We are therefore working with skilled facilitators to make this training accessible for our community.

The purpose of delivering Mana Taiohi and Code of Ethics Youth Development Training in the Wairarapa is to

• support rangatahi / youth in the Wairarapa to have opportunities to grow, develop and reach their full potential;
• provide high quality professional development to wider Wairarapa Youth Development Sector, especially volunteer youth workers and rangatahi / youth who themselves have stepped into roles of representing and supporting their peers
• strengthen the relationships and networks between youth development workers and rangatahi / youth across the region
• provide opportunity to explore and grow a supportive ecosystem for rangatahi / youth to thrive over the next 5 years.

Informed by te Ao Māori, youth development evidence and extensive consultation with young people and those who work with them, Mana Taiohi is the basis for effective and ethical responses to young people in Aotearoa. We know young people thrive when they are put at the centre of the decisions that affect their lives, when they are supported in the context of their whakapapa and connections, and when their mana is upheld.

Code of Ethics Youth Development is an agreed set of guidelines for Youth Work in Aotearoa to ensure that youth work is carried out in a safe, skilled, ethical manner.

The Code of Ethics for Youth Work in Aotearoa New Zealand is designed for youth workers but is relevant to all individuals working with young people and provides guidance to keep workers and the young people they work with safe.

We hope that we can find space for everyone, but we ask that you are patient as we are in the process of learning about the need for this training. There are a number of things to consider as we lock in the training. If EoI registration numbers are very high, we may contact participants to consider other options for accessing the training, such as free training in city centres delivered by Ara Taiohi and YMCA, or other opportunities to do the training that we may be able to bring in to the region at a later date.

Please submit an EOI as we’d love to hear from you. The EOI has a section where you can describe any barriers or needs. While we can’t make any promises, we will do our best to make this training accessible to you. We believe that having young people and community members who volunteer as youth workers participate in this training will make the training more valuable to everyone participating as well as to our community of rangatahi.

Please submit an EOI and let us know that you may need access to alternative transport solutions. Once we have received the EOIs we will have a better understanding of opportunities for ride sharing and other options for transport.

Yes, your EOI will be considered. We’d love to hear from you so that we can better understand the need for this training for the Wairarapa Youth Sector. We’d love to have you there as part of the training. As an employed youth worker, or team of youth workers, we may contact you to understand your agency’s ability to pay a reduced fee to make this training accessible to more people, or to connect you up directly with training providers.

We are currently working with a number of agencies, to understand the opportunities for delivering Mana Taiohi and Code of Ethics Youth Development Training on a more regular basis to the Wairarapa Youth Development Sector over the next few years. We are not sure what this will look like. However, if you let us know that you’d like to be contacted in case of any future trainings in the EoI, we will keep you informed of any developments concerning future trainings under the Youth Strategy that we are aware of.