Walking Beside Youth Offenders: From Risk to Resilience
Gain practical insight into the vulnerabilities, motivations, and strengths of young offenders and learn how to support them with confidence, compassion, and age-appropriate strategies.
Upcoming Run: 13th Jan 2026
Upcoming Run: 13th Jan 2026
Walking Beside Youth Offenders: From Risk to Resilience
SPS-017-WBY
$0.00
Duration: 2.00 hours
Upcoming Run: 13th Jan 2026
Sign Up nowCourse Fees & ScheduleWhat is it about?
What leads a young person to offend? How do trauma, identity, and relationships shape their choices?
How can a volunteer engage youth in ways that are safe, respectful, and developmentally appropriate?
Youth offending doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It is influenced by relationships, emotional needs, and the environments young people grow up in.
This webinar brings you into the real-life lived experiences of youth desisters offering grounded insights, practical strategies, and relational approaches that help you walk with young people through risk, resilience, and recovery.
What Is This Module About?
This is a 2-hour webinar that helps volunteers, mentors, and community workers understand the developmental, psychological, and social influences behind youth offending and how change truly happens.
You’ll learn:
Understand the root causes of youth offending and the developmental factors that influence behaviour
Recognize strengths and protective factors that support desistance and positive youth development
Engage youth through trust-building, empathy, and youth-appropriate communication strategies
Equips you with a compassionate, evidence-based lens to connect meaningfully with young people without judgement, assumptions, or burnout.
How This Course Makes a Difference
Youth don’t just need supervision they need connection, hope, and safe adults who believe change is possible.
This webinar brings humanity to the forefront. You’ll leave with clearer understanding, better tools, and renewed confidence to support young people in ways that respect their needs and honour their journey.
Understanding Youth Offending
Explore the developmental, psychological, and social factors that influence why young people offend from trauma and peer influence to unmet emotional needs
Risk, Vulnerability & Early Intervention
Learn how early risk factors emerge in adolescence and why timely, youth-specific intervention can redirect a young person’s path.
Strengths That Support Desistance
Discover the protective factors such as positive relationships, purpose, and support that help youth move away from offending toward resilience.
Engaging Youth with Empathy & Trust
Build skills to establish rapport, communicate effectively, and create safe spaces where young people feel seen and supported.
The Power of Relationships & Mentorship
Hear insights from youth desisters and understand how consistent, caring adults can shape confidence, motivation, and long-term change.
Supporting Reintegration the Youth-Centric Way
Explore practical strategies volunteers can use to promote prosocial development, encourage identity-building, and support successful reintegration.
Who is it for?
Ready to Support Youth Toward Hope and Resilience?
Whether you’re guiding young people through difficult decisions or simply showing up as a safe adult, this webinar helps you understand their world and how your presence can make a meaningful difference.
🗣 Volunteers in Helping Roles
Build confidence in forming safe, developmentally appropriate rapport with young people navigating risk.
🧑⚕️ Mentors, Befrienders & Peer Support Volunteers
Learn how to support identity formation, motivation, and hope through relationship-based approaches.
🏘️Community & Youth Service Providers
Gain deeper insight into youth engagement and resilience-building strategies.
📚 Family and Peer Supporters
Learn how to support identity formation, motivation, and hope through relationship-based approaches.
🧑⚖️ Correctional Support Professionals
Learn trauma-informed, dignity-centered strategies to enhance engagement.
👮 Correctional Partners & System Stakeholders
Explore how early intervention and supportive environments can strengthen desistance outcomes.
Why Learn with Us
Hands-On & Practical
We believe the best learning happens by doing. Our courses are highly experiential — packed with real-life case studies, role-plays, and interactive group work. You won’t just sit through slides; you’ll practise the skills that matter.
Learn from the Best
Our trainers are experienced practitioners, not just facilitators. They’ve walked the talk and brought wisdom from the field, not just the textbook. Learn from people who’ve been there — and are here to help you grow.
Fun, Safe & Engaging
Learning should feel energising. We foster a warm, inclusive environment where you're encouraged to ask, reflect, laugh, and learn — all while building supportive relationships with fellow participants.
Backed by Research
Every course is grounded in evidence-based practices from psychology, social work, education, and communication science. You get practical tools that work — not just trendy jargon.
Designed for Real Life
Our content is real-world-ready. Whether you're navigating tough conversations at home, supporting others in your role, or developing your own mindset, what you learn is instantly applicable.
Lifelong Learning Community
When you join us, you join a movement. All alumni get access to follow-up events, peer circles, and exclusive learning spaces. You stay connected, supported, and part of something bigger — long after the course ends.
Meet your trainers
Blended Concept
Human-Centred Learning Specialist
Blended Concept is a social learning studio dedicated to designing transformative education that bridges personal growth, social change, and professional development. We specialize in creating practical, human-centered learning experiences that empower individuals, uplift communities, and shift systems. At Blended Concept, we believe learning should not only inform, but transform.
- •School of Life - Where Theory Meets Real Change
How will the course run?
📌 Course Access Information
This is a 2-Hours Webinar training conducted on Zoom platform.
Zoom link will be shared closer to the training date.
📞 For support, please contact Althea at althea@blendedconcept.com.
| Date | Start Time | End Time | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | 10:00 | 12:00 | Online |
Course Fees
No fee structure defined for this course.
