The Model
This was the question our youth work team wrestled with when they were asked to produce a model for youth development by Counties Manukau District Health Board in 2005.
The result is a user-friendly, dynamic and strengths-based plan of strategies and actions that are based on the Manukau community but can be adapted for use in any community wanting to support young people to develop and reach their potential so they can fully participate in the world around them.
How was it developed?
• By a team of young people with many years of hands-on experience in working with young people in schools and the community.
• Drawing on current literature about youth development strategies and best practice, youth health data and demographic material.
• Including a survey of young people, and community consultation.
• Backed up by clinical review, and by Youthline’s 36 years of youth development experience