Youth Worker Training Initiative
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Training for People Helping People
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The YWTI is aimed at training youth workers, who work with youth between the ages of 13 and 24, to engage in conversations with youth about illicit drugs.
Youth outreach workers play a unique role in the service system because they often connect with young people that service providers rarely, if ever, see. Giving youth workers knowledge and skills to identify, intervene and successfully refer youth who are at-risk of or who are beginning to experiment with illicit drugs is therefore a strategic and effective prevention strategy.
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About this Project
The Youth Worker Training Initiative is funded by the Drug Strategy Community Initiatives Fund (DSCIF), Health Canada.
Working in partnership with YouthLink Inner City, Aboriginal Legal Services (Toronto), the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and the Toronto Drug Strategy Secretariat, this project will produce and deliver an evidence-based illicit drug abuse prevention training program for youth workers in Toronto. The 21-month project will increase youth workers' knowledge of the pharmacology of illicit drugs and decrease the negative impacts of illicit drug use in high-risk communities through early identification and intervention by youth workers.
Working in partnership with YouthLink Inner City, Aboriginal Legal Services (Toronto), the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and the Toronto Drug Strategy Secretariat, this project will produce and deliver an evidence-based illicit drug abuse prevention training program for youth workers in Toronto. The 21-month project will increase youth workers' knowledge of the pharmacology of illicit drugs and decrease the negative impacts of illicit drug use in high-risk communities through early identification and intervention by youth workers.
Training for People Helping People
Training Brochure
The Training Content Includes:
Examing the roles of illicit drugs in the youth culture
Learning about the effects, signs, symptoms and consequences of use
How to enhance resiliency and protective factors
The Stages of Change - learning the process
Drug us Continuum and understanding dependence
How to make referrals to services in the Community
Resources for Youth Workers
The workshops are a full day or two half days and can be provided at your organization or CTI's head office.
Staff will have the opportunity to practice the skills and knowledge gained.
Workers will come away feeling more confident engaging in discussions with youth about substance abuse.
Staff will have the opportunity to practice the skills and knowledge gained.
Workers will come away feeling more confident engaging in discussions with youth about substance abuse.
For more information if you're interested in having us please contact us at:
(416) 778-7056
or
Jennifer White: jwhite@cantraining.org
or
programs@cantraining.org
or
Jennifer White: jwhite@cantraining.org
or
programs@cantraining.org
Steven Hughes, M. Ed.
Manager of Training & Development
Canadian Training Institute (CTI)
Institut Canadien de Formation
50 Euston Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M4J 3N3
Phone: (416) 778-7056
Fax: (416) 778-8103
Toll free: 1-877-889-6158
Canadian Training Institute (CTI)
Institut Canadien de Formation
50 Euston Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M4J 3N3
Phone: (416) 778-7056
Fax: (416) 778-8103
Toll free: 1-877-889-6158
Training For Youth Workers
