The Life Skills for Life Trust programme takes place in a forestry setting Monday to Thursday, teaching the young person important skills to become work ready. It also gives the opportunity for Youth Workers to provide mentoring in a relaxed (outdoor) environment, and also during the drive to and from their work location. Our clients are taught practical work-based skills in some aspects of Forestry, and Health and Safety – hazard identification/caution and safety awareness. They are also taught daily pre-employment skills that are beneficial for their learning including communication skills, working in a team, daily routines, time management, conflict resolution and increased confidence.
One-on-one or group mentoring with our Youth Workers include building positive relationships; building on their strengths; promoting good decision making and positive self-motivation.
Whānau engagement is an important part of our kaupapa, and we build strong connections with our client’s whānau.
Our Career Programme enables our clients to develop a career profile to identify a career path, set goals and be supported towards achieving their identified goals. This is an extension of the practical work skills each young person learns whilst in the forest. Each client will create a CV, open a bank account, obtain their IRD number and learn job seeking skills and interview techniques.
Our clients also have access to the following services:
- Health Services (Health and Wellbeing) – Health Services for medical (nurse/doctor) check ups; Dental Services (check ups, dental work) are made available to our clients also (these are optional)
- Driver Licencing for clients 16 years and over – Clients will take part in theory (Road Code book) and online quizzes in preparation for sitting their learner licence test. This programme will motivate and help our young people to become safe drivers and to set goals and maintain the integrity of self empowerment.