About this Event
Please note: Your booking won't be accepted until you provide all your details. We need all your information, to be able to ensure we have a space for you.
Youth Worker Training Essentials Day - 27/03/2026, 9 am - 5 pm
In-person
(Please note - we are awaiting venue confirmation, this may be subject to change - all attendees will be informed prior if this occurs)
Please note: Your booking won't be accepted until you provide all your details. We need all your information, to be able to ensure we have a space for you.
Join us for a FREE, full-day training event for Youth Scotland member group youth workers and volunteers, packed with creative, practical and interactive workshops you can take straight back into your work with young people.
This engaging day focuses on building confidence, refreshing skills and sharing ideas, with all sessions aligned to Scotland’s National Youth Work Outcomes and Skills Framework and the National Induction Checklist.
You’ll explore storytelling, creativity and participation through hands-on workshops designed to work across community, school and outreach settings, and for a range of ages and abilities.
✨ What you’ll gain:
-Increased confidence delivering engaging and empowering sessions
-Ideas that can be easily adapted for different groups and settings
-The chance to network and share practice with other youth workers and volunteers
-A supportive space to learn, reflect and be inspired
Schedule
9.30-10.00am Welcome and registration
Workshop 1 - 10.00am-12.00 pm
Choices:
1. Understanding your community
This session will deepen understanding of what community means and its importance in youth work. It will also highlight how knowing your community underpins youth work policy and introduce creative ways to map and engage with it effectively.
2. LGBTQI+ Awareness
Build your confidence in supporting LGBTQIA+ young people. This practical session explores key terms, identities, and the issues shaping young people’s experiences today. Learn how to use inclusive language, challenge discrimination, and create safe, affirming spaces for everyone. Perfect for youth workers who want to deepen understanding and strengthen inclusive practice.
3. Supporting Care Experienced Young People - The Promise
This interactive session supports youth workers to understand Scotland’s Promise and what it means in everyday practice. Participants will explore the impact of trauma and attachment, challenge stigma, and strengthen relationship-based approaches to supporting care experienced young people. Through practical discussion and reflection, you’ll build confidence in creating safe, inclusive environments where young people feel heard, valued and respected.
Lunch Break - 12.00 pm - 12.30pm
Workshop 2 - 12.30-2.30pm
Choices:
1. Keep it real - Promoting Youth Participation
An exploration of Youth Scotland's Keep it Real toolkit is a practical resource pack which supports effective youth participation. We will take a look through the pack and practice some of the suggested activities, how to create a participation programme, share examples of participation projects and how all this link into the National Youth Work Outcomes and Skills Framework.
2. Unmasking Masculinity Workshop
Designed for youth workers, volunteers, and practitioners who want to explore masculinity in a way that is critical, compassionate, and practical, without blaming or shaming young people.What we’ll explore:
-What we mean by “masculinity” in a youth work context
-How gender expectations affect behaviour, emotions, and wellbeing
-The link between masculinity, mental health, and risk
-Recognising masking, bravado, and silence as communication
-Practical ways to challenge harmful norms while maintaining trust
The session focuses on how youth workers can create spaces where young people are supported to question harmful norms, express themselves safely, and develop healthier ways of relating to others.
3. Supporting Young People Online: A Practical Guide for Youth Workers
This interactive workshop aims to give participants an understanding of the impact that media generally, and social media specifically, can have on young people, to explore how to encourage safe social media usage and to gain practical skills/ideas to encourage positive social media use in your own groups.
(Please note - we are awaiting venue confirmation, this may be subject to change - all attendees will be informed prior if this occurs)
2.30-2.45pm Break
Workshop 3 - 2.45-4.45pm
Choices:
1. Young Peoples Mental Health
This session will help you confidently support mental health and wellbeing in group settings by increasing understanding of key concepts, exploring factors affecting young people, and tackling stigma. You will also learn practical strategies to manage stress, worries, and anxiety effectively.
2. Find Your Voice through Improvisation
Explore the power of words through songwriting and poetry. In this workshop, you’ll play with rhyme, rhythm, and flow to create your own lyrics or spoken-word piece. With fun, guided activities, we’ll turn personal ideas into performances that inspire and connect. By the end, you’ll have written and performed something uniquely yours, discovering how words can boost confidence, spark imagination, and start meaningful conversations.
3. Outdoor Learning – In a Youth Work Setting
This session is designed to help youth workers feel confident, prepared, and inspired for Outdoor activity, ahead of their holiday programmes. This session aims to develop a clear understanding of what outdoor learning is and the benefits it brings to young people. Through practical activities and group discussions, build confidence in your role to plan and deliver engaging outdoor games and activities, while gaining a strong understanding of the importance of effective risk assessments when working outdoors.
🍴 Please note: lunch is not provided – bring your own.
Youth worker training is in high demand – please help us support youth workers to access the training and development they deserve with these simple steps:
- Tell us if you cannot attend more than 24hrs in advance. This allows us to free up the space for another youth worker (many sessions are oversubscribed) and means you will avoid being charged the £25 fee for late-notice cancellation or non-attendance.
- Check you can join with camera and microphone. Our online training is engaging, interactive and discussion-based – not a webinar format. Our members regularly tell us this is better learning and we are confident you will gain more.
- Eventbrite sends you all your information by email. You will receive your ticket at booking and be sent a reminder – with any login details if online – approximately 24hrs in advance. If there are materials and handouts, your facilitator will send these too.
Thank you for using our training and helping us to continue supporting the needs of our members and community-based youth work.
CANCELLATION POLICY:
A £25 non-attendance fee will be applied where cancellation has not been received in advance of the event(24 hours before the event).
Please note: if you have been charged a fee to attend this training, training fees are non-refundable, where a cancellation has not been received in advance of the event starting.
You/your group will then receive an invoice.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
SMiSA Stadium, St Mirren Park, St Mirren Park, Paisley, United Kingdom
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