In our daily lives and work, we all use advocacy skills, often without realising it. Using peer advocacy skills in practice can help with meaningful engagement, enabling children and young people we are working alongside to find and amplify their voices.
This course is recommended for children and young people in school, care and youth work settings, who are often the best advocates for each other.
Peer Advocacy explained:
Applying peer advocacy engagement skills enables us to understand how to promote the views, wishes and feelings of our advocacy partners (and ourselves) more effectively, empowering our peers towards enhanced self-advocacy. This training explores how to develop improved peer advocacy engagement techniques, gain confidence navigating different systems and processes, and make more informed rights-based decisions.
Course content
Upon completion of this training, learners will:
- develop a clear understanding of peer advocacy
- recognise how to channel skills to engage and empower the voices of your peers towards self-advocacy and increased understanding of their rights
- explore the balance between wishes, feelings, and best interests during your work
- reflect on when, where, and how you can effectively use your enhanced and transferable peer advocacy skills
- identify when it’s appropriate to transition into signposting to other specialist services or support.
This Peer Advocacy Engagement Skills training will be delivered via a live, interactive webinar. The training session will be delivered by a member of our highly experienced training team.
NYAS is a leading, national rights-based charity who deliver a range of services, including appropriate adults and age assessments, to children across England and Wales. We have practical experience within this training area, and your learning will be supported by our expert guidance and a supporting handbook.
Please contact us to express interest or to discuss bespoke training dates and our team will be happy to help - email: [email protected]
