Author: Helen

Join us for a free, online Teams session on 20 June delivered by the team at the Welsh Language Commissioner’s Office in collaboration with CWVYS. There will be two sessions, one in Welsh from 10:30am-12:00pm and the other in English from 2:00pm-3:30pm.

Please specify which session you would like to attend in your cover note when expressing interest via email. We kindly ask you to email us expressing your interest to participate, and we will keep your details safe before sending them to the Commissioner’s Office. The deadline for expressions of interest is 16th June. Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to learn more about the Welsh language!

Please e-mail manon@cwvys.org.uk to register your interest!

Cymraeg;

Ymunwch â ni am sesiwn Timau ar-lein rhad ac am ddim ar 20 Mehefin a gyflwynir gan y tîm yn Swyddfa Comisiynydd y Gymraeg mewn cydweithrediad â CWVYS. Bydd dwy sesiwn, un yn Gymraeg o 10:30yb-12:00yp a’r llall yn Saesneg o 2:00yp-3:30yp. Nodwch pa sesiwn yr hoffech ei mynychu yn eich nodyn clawr wrth fynegi diddordeb trwy e-bost.

Gofynnwn yn garedig i chi anfon e-bost atom yn mynegi eich diddordeb i gymryd rhan, a byddwn yn cadw eich manylion yn ddiogel cyn eu hanfon i Swyddfa’r Comisiynydd. Y dyddiad cau ar gyfer datganiadau o ddiddordeb yw 16ed o Mehefin. Peidiwch â cholli’r cyfle gwych hwn i ddysgu mwy am y Gymraeg!

Plis e-bostiwch manon@cwvys.org.uk er mwyn dangos diddordeb.

The Youth Work Leadership & Management Programme

This is a programme of leadership and management based on a previously successful model but which has now been co-designed with representatives from the youth work sector and contextualized to bring it up to date and to suit the needs of the current youth work leaders and managers in Wales.

It will take you on a journey of learning about yourself as a leader in the provision of services for young people.

The programme is supported by CWVYS, ETS Wales, the WLGA, the Wales Principal Youth Officers’ Group, TAG Cymru and funded by the Welsh Government. This programme is endorsed by the National Academy for Educational Leadership (NAEL).

Y Rhaglen Arweinyddiaeth a Rheolaeth Ar Gyfer Gwaith Ieuenctid

Raglen arweinyddiaeth a rheolaeth yw hon ar fodel a fu’n llwyddiannus yn flaenorol, syda bellach wedi’i chyd-ddylunio gyda chrynrychiolwyr o’r sector gwaith ieuenctid a’i chyd-destunoli i’w gwneud yn gyfredol ac i weddu i anghenion arweinwyr a rheolwyr gwaith ieuenctid cyfredol yng Nghymru.

Bydd yn mynd a chi ar daith ddysgu amdanoch chi eich hun fel arweinydd yn narparieath gwasanaethau i bobl Ifanc.

Cydlynir y rhaglen gan CWVYS, ETS Cymru a gyda chefnogaeth CLILC, Grwp Prif Swyddogion Ieuenctid Cymru, TAG Cymru as fe’i hariennir gan yr Academi Genedlaethol ar gyfer Arweinyddiaeth Addysgol Cymru (NAEL) a Llywodraeth Cymru.

Over the next month Victoria English Wellbeing will be holding two individual Teams meetings to discuss both the Mental Health/Cost Living Crisis and Understanding Adolescent Brain Providing a trauma Informed Environment. . If you’d like to participate in any of these sessions, please follow the link below.

9th May –  Mental Health & Cost Living Crisis & Building Youth Worker Wellbeing

In this session we will analyse how the cost of living crisis and the pandemic has impacted youth work and look at ways that we can build professionals wellbeing.

10-12pm

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18th May – Understanding Adolescent Brain Providing a Trauma Informed Environment

The pandemic has further exacerbated poor mental health amongst young people in this session we will analyse how the adolescent brain works , the mental health struggles young people may face and how to provide a trauma informed environment.

10-12pm

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Adult Learning Wales are providing Youth Work Support Worker Training. 

Would you or any of your colleagues be interested in supporting us to deliver Youth Work Training? 

If so then we have some part funded places for the Training the Trainer Level 2.  This will run 25/05/23 – 20/07/23 online on Thursday mornings 09:30am – 12:30pm.  (If the funding is a barrier, please talk to us).

This is also a great opportunity for Continuous Professional Development. 

More information is on the flier attached.  This is a quick turn around, so please would aim to complete application on the flier of below by 19/05/23 and we will allocate places appropriately. 

22-23 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) application

If you have any questions please contact;

youthwork@adultlearning.wales

Fersiwn Cymraeg

Addysg Oedolion Cymru – Hyfforddiant Gweithiwr Cymorth Gwaith Ieuenctid.

A fyddai gennych chi neu unrhyw un o’ch cydweithwyr ddiddordeb mewn ein cefnogi i ddarparu Hyfforddiant Gwaith Ieuenctid?

Os felly, mae gennym rai llefydd wedi’u hariannu’n rhannol ar gyfer cwrs Lefel 2 Hyfforddi’r Hyfforddwr. Bydd y cwrs ar-lein yn cymryd lle o 25/05/23 – 20/07/23  ar fore dydd Iau rhwng 09:30yb – 12:30yp. (Os yw cyllid yn rhwystr, siaradwch gyda ni).

Mae hwn yn gyfle gwych ar gyfer Datblygiad Proffesiynol Parhaus hefyd.

Ceir rhagor o wybodaeth ar y daflen sydd ynghlwm. Mae hwn yn dro sydyn, felly a fyddech cystal â chwblhau’r cais ar y daflen isod erbyn 19/05/23 a byddwn yn dyrannu lleoedd yn briodol.

22-23 Cais Datblygiad Proffesiynol Parhaus (DPP).

Os oes gennych unrhyw gwestiynau cysylltwch efo’r tim youthwork@adultlearning.wales

Introducing the Voluntary Youth Work Organisations Support Scheme (VYWOSS), a new initiative aimed at providing funding to voluntary youth work organisations in Wales. The scheme has been established in response to the cost-of-living crisis and other related challenges that have impacted young people’s access to support services.

With a total funding of £180,000 available in the 2023/24 period, the VYWOSS will be split into two rounds of funding. The first round will open in May 2023, and the second round will open in October 2023. Successful applications can receive up to a maximum of £7,500 in funding.

Eligible organisations for the VYWOSS include voluntary sector youth work organisations operating within a maximum of two local authority areas in Wales, providing youth work support to young people based on the principles and purposes of youth work as outlined in Youth Work in Wales: Principles and Purposes – CWVYS. Organisations that have received funding from the Strategic Voluntary Youth Work Organisation Grant (SVYWO) or work in more than two local authority areas will not be eligible to apply.

The funding from VYWOSS can be used for various costs and activities, such as covering operational and utilities costs to open or remain open for young people, covering staff and volunteer costs for service delivery, and providing support to young people to address current challenges, such as hot food and drinks.

To register your interest, please fill in the application form and contact CWVYS via Amanda@cwvys.org.uk

Fersiwn Cymraeg:

Cyflwyno’r Cynllun Cefnogi Mudiadau Gwaith Ieuenctid Gwirfoddol (VYWOSS), menter newydd sydd â’r nod o roi arian i fudiadau gwaith ieuenctid gwirfoddol yng Nghymru. Mae’r cynllun wedi’i sefydlu mewn ymateb i’r argyfwng costau byw a heriau cysylltiedig eraill sydd wedi effeithio ar fynediad pobl ifanc at wasanaethau cymorth.

Gyda chyfanswm o £180,000 ar gael yng nghyfnod 2023/24, bydd y VYWOSS yn cael ei rannu’n drwy ddwy rownd o gyllid. Bydd y rownd gyntaf yn agor ym mis Mai 2023, a bydd yr ail rownd yn agor ym mis Hydref 2023. Gall ceisiadau llwyddiannus dderbyn hyd at uchafswm o £7,500 mewn cyllid.

Mae sefydliadau cymwys ar gyfer y VYWOSS yn cynnwys sefydliadau gwaith ieuenctid y sector gwirfoddol sy’n gweithredu o fewn uchafswm o ddwy ardal awdurdod lleol yng Nghymru, darparu cefnogaeth gwaith ieuenctid i bobl ifanc yn seiliedig ar egwyddorion a dibenion gwaith ieuenctid fel yr amlinellir mewn Gwaith Ieuenctid yng Nghymru: Egwyddorion a Dibenion – CWVYS. Sefydliadau sydd wedi derbyn arian o’r Grant Sefydliad Gwaith Ieuenctid Gwirfoddol Strategol (SVYWO) neu sydd wedi gwneud gwaith mewn mwy na dwy ardal awdurdod lleol yn gymwys i wneud cais.

Gellir defnyddio’r cyllid gan VYWOSS ar gyfer costau a gweithgareddau amrywiol, megis talu costau gweithredol a chyfleustodau i agor neu aros ar agor i bobl ifanc, talu costau staff a gwirfoddolwyr ar gyfer darparu gwasanaethau, a darparu cymorth i bobl ifanc i fynd i’r afael â heriau cyfredol, fel bwyd poeth a diodydd.

I gofrestru eich diddordeb, plis llenwch y ffurflen cais mewn a cysylltwch â CWVYS trwy Amanda@cwvys.org.uk

Leading Curriculum for Wales

Wednesday 21 June 10am-4pm

International Convention Centre Wales (The Coldra, Catsash Road, Newport, Wales, NP18 1HQ)

We are excited to announce our first in-person Leading Curriculum for Wales conference on the 21st June 10am-4pm.

The conference is designed for senior leaders from schools, the youth work sector and PCET sector and will explore progression.

The event includes sessions with Professor Mick Waters and Dr Georgina Haarhoff, Deputy Director of Curriculum and Assessment (Welsh Government), and workshops with Professor Andy Penaluna, Jessica Leigh-Jones MBE (iungo Solutions) and Kate Williams (Caterpillar Business Psychologists).

Practitioners from across the sectors will also be sharing their experiences of leading the curriculum.

Free, booking essential: https://nael.cymru/events/leading-curriculum-for-wales/

Arwain Cwricwlwm i Gymru

Dydd Mercher 21 Mehefin 10yb-4yp

Canolfan Gynadledda Ryngwladol Cymru (Y Coldra, Catsash Road, Casnewydd, Cymru, NP18 1HQ)

Rydym yn gyffrous i gyhoeddi ein cynhadledd wyneb yn wyneb cyntaf Arwain Cwricwlwm i Gymru ar 21 Mehefin 10yb-4yp.

Mae’r gynhadledd wedi’i chynllunio ar gyfer uwch arweinwyr o ysgolion, y sector gwaith ieuenctid a’r sector AHO a bydd yn archwilio dilyniant.

Mae’r digwyddiad yn cynnwys sesiynau gyda’r Athro Mick Waters a Dr Georgina Haarhoff, Dirprwy Gyfarwyddwr Cwricwlwm ac Asesu (Llywodraeth Cymru), a gweithdai gyda’r Athro Andy Penaluna, Jessica Leigh-Jones MBE (iungo Solutions) a Kate Williams (Caterpillar Business Psychologists).

Bydd ymarferwyr ar draws y sectorau hefyd yn rhannu eu profiadau o arwain y cwricwlwm.

Rhad ac am ddim, cofrestru’n hanfodol:  https://nael.cymru/cy/events/leading-curriculum-for-wales/

Diary Marker for Youth Work Managers!

Dates are now available for the Youth Work Leadership and Management Programme. If you are responsible for leading or managing the youth work functions of your organisation, or a substantial part of them, then this course could be for you. It’s an excellent opportunity to enhance skills and confidence to lead youth work services effectively at a time of significant complexity and change in Wales. The programme is co-ordinated by ETS Wales and supported by WLGA, CWVYS, the Wales Principal Youth Officers Group, TAG Cymru (Youth Work training providers at HE and FE level), National Academy for Educational Leadership in Wales.

Here is an overview of the next programme.

Induction [online]: 6 June 12pm

Module 1 Leading modern Youth Work: 13-14 June [Wrexham]

Module 2 Leading and managing the delivery of high-quality Youth Work: 12-13 July [Wrexham]

Module 3 Leading and managing Youth Work across the whole system 13-14 September [Wrexham]

Please note, apart from the induction, modules will be delivered face-to-face, in North Wales.

*The Youth Work Leadership and Management Programme has recently been endorsed by the National Academy for Educational Leadership Wales.

Details of the application process will be publicised in due course but if you would like further information, please contact emma@ec-consultancy.co.uk.

Cymraeg

Dyddiad ar gyfer Dyddiaduron Rheolwyr Gwaith Ieuenctid!

Mae dyddiadau bellach ar gael ar gyfer Rhaglen Arwain a Rheoli Gwaith Ieuenctid. Os ydych yn gyfrifol am arwain neu reoli swyddogaethau gwaith ieuenctid eich sefydliad, neu ran sylweddol ohonynt, yna gallai’r cwrs hwn fod i chi. Mae’n gyfle gwych i wella sgiliau a hyder i arwain gwasanaethau gwaith ieuenctid yn effeithiol ar adeg o gymhlethdod a newid sylweddol yng Nghymru.  Cydlynir y rhaglen gan ETS Cymru a’i chefnogi gan CLlLC, CWVYS, Grŵp Prif Swyddogion Ieuenctid Cymru, TAG Cymru (darparwyr hyfforddiant Gwaith Ieuenctid ar lefel AU ac AB) a’r Academi Genedlaethol ar gyfer Arweinyddiaeth Addysgol Cymru.

Dyma drosolwg o’r rhaglen nesaf.

Ymsefydlu [ar-lein]: 6 Mehefin 12pm

Modiwl 1 Arwain Gwaith Ieuenctid modern: 13-14 Mehefin [Wrecsam]

Modiwl 2 Arwain a rheoli’r gwaith o gyflawni Gwaith Ieuenctid o ansawdd uchel: 12-13 Gorffennaf [Wrecsam]

Modiwl 3 Arwain a rheoli Gwaith Ieuenctid ar draws y system gyfan: 13-14 Medi [Wrecsam]

Sylwch, heblaw am yr ymsefydlu, bydd modiwlau’n cael eu cyflwyno wyneb yn wyneb, yng Ngogledd Cymru.

* Cafodd y Rhaglen Arwain a Rheoli Gwaith Ieuenctid ei chymeradwyo’n ddiweddar gan yr Academi Genedlaethol ar gyfer Arweinyddiaeth Addysgol Cymru.

Bydd manylion y broses ymgeisio yn cael eu cyhoeddi maes o law ond os hoffech ragor o wybodaeth, cysylltwch ag emma@ec-consultancy.co.uk.

The Welsh Government are offering a secondment opportunity to work on the development of two workstreams – an information exchange for Wales as part of a digital youth work offer to young people, and a Young Person’s Entitlement Scheme.

Further details about this opportunity are provided here; Senior Youth Work Strategy Manager – Youth Information Service, YP Entitlement Scheme – Secondment – English

The closing date for expressions of interest is Wednesday 19 April.

 

Please see below a message from the Welsh Government about the second round of the SVYWO grant:

We are pleased to announce that a second round of funding will be made available via the Strategic Voluntary Youth Work Organisation grant (SVYWO). This round will run from May 2023 to March 2025.

Here you can find the guidance and application forms should you wish to apply;

Strategic Voluntary Youth Work Organisations Grant 2023-2025 (Round 2) – Information for grant applicants – English

Strategic Voluntary Youth Work Organisations Grant – Application form 2023-2025 (Round 2) – English

These documents will also be available on the Welsh Government’s website shortly. 

Please note that a Voluntary Youth Work Organisation Support Scheme (VYWOSS) will also open shortly. The VYWOSS will provide a lower level of funding for voluntary organisations during 2023-24.

The Scheme will be administered by CWVYS.

Further details will be made available shortly. Please note that organisations awarded funding via the SWYVO will not be eligible to also access funding via the VYWOSS and vice versa.

Any queries on the SVYWO should be sent to youthwork@gov.wales

 

This toolkit aims to turn the principles in the All Wales Protocol: reducing the criminalisation of care experienced children and young adults into practice.

They hope it will be used extensively as a resource to train and support multi agency colleagues working with care experienced children and young adults.

National Charity Missing People in partnership with Llamau and consultant Claire Sands were commissioned by the Children’s Commissioning Consortium Cymru (4Cs) to develop this toolkit, you can find all the information as well as details of free training events on the Missing People website here: https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/reducing-the-criminalisation-of-care-experienced-children-and-young-adults-in-wales-a-practical-toolkit-for-professionals#section-4