Five Key Necessities for Youth Engagement
This Guide is a part of the Walking the Talk project, a collaboration between the Association for the Wellbeing of Children in Healthcare, Health Consumers NSW, and young people.
Findings from the project offer a foundation for improved youth engagement among organisations and services. This Guide collates these findings and synthesises them into practical, effective guidelines for optimal youth engagement.
From the findings we developed five key necessities for youth engagement:
- Collaboration at Every Step
- Intersectional Lens
- Feedback & Follow Up
- Consistency & Clarity
- Be Open to Change!
Both AWCH and HCNSW have committed to incorporating these five areas into our current and future work. For more information, see each Section below.
Five Key Necessities: Resource Library
Reports
- Walking the Talk
Factsheets
- Is Co-Design Right for Us, Now? (KA McKercher)
- Mindsets for Co-Design (KA McKercher)
- Co-Design Process (KA McKercher)
- How to Partner with Young People (Orygen)
Guidelines & Frameworks
- Walking the Talk: Youth Engagement Guide
- Better Together: A Practical Guide to Effective Engagement with Young People
- Amplifying the Youth Voice: Youth Engagement Framework 2021 (Health Consumers QLD)
- Wellbeing Health & Youth Engagement Framework
Articles
- Who cares? Introducing a model of care for co-design (KA McKercher)
- Co-design: Disrupting a common cast of characters (KA MCKercher)
- Youth participation: Adultism, human rights and professional youth work (Corney et al)
- Case study: Co-Researching Young People’s Priorities – the ‘Youth Health Matters’ project (WH&Y)
Videos
- Co-design 101
- Diversity & Inclusion in Co-design (ALIVE Centre)
Reports
- Walking the Talk: Final Report
- Intersections: Healthcare Insights from People with Intersectional Needs (HCNSW)
- The Voices of LGBTQIA+ Young People in NSW 2022 (ACYP)
Factsheets
Guidelines & Frameworks
Videos
- Walking the Talk: Youth Engagement Guide
- Youth Matter: A practical guide to increase youth engagement and participation in Tasmania
- Meaningfully Engaging with Youth (United Nations)
- Introduction to Youth Engagement in Health Research: Monitoring and Evaluating Engagement (WH&Y)
- Introduction to Youth Engagement in Health Research: Reporting Back and Reporting On (WH&Y)
- Feedback Form Template (WH&Y)
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The Walking the Talk Model for Youth Engagement
The visual model shows the interconnected nature of the five necessities. Each are equally important and should be consistently upheld throughout the entirety of the engagement process.
