New Project Officer at MYAN WA

Please welcome Zinab Al Hilaly as she takes on the role of Project Officer for MYAN WA! She looks forward to working with YACWA and MYAN WA to provide platforms and opportunities for young people from multicultural and diverse backgrounds. She is passionate about tackling educational disadvantage, providing a voice to marginalised groups and empowering young people.

Events

Let's Talk Youth Health!

Are you a young person aged 15 to 24? Have you ever accessed WA’s Child and Adolescent Health Services (CAHS)? This could be the Perth Childrens Hospital (formerly PMH), the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) or a community health service. If so, we want to hear from you! YACWA is hosting workshop with young people to co-design CAHS Consumer Representatives and Recruitment Management Policy.

We want your feedback on better ways to engage, involve and retain young people as consumer representatives (those who have accessed CAHS). We especially want to hear from young people from diverse backgrounds, such as refugee and migrant young people. We want to explore how recruitment can be made more accessible, inclusive and culturally appropriate. 

To thank you for your participation, you will receive a $50 Coles/Myer gift card. Snacks and drinks will be provided (and dietary requirements catered for).

When: Thursday 12th September, 4.30pm to 6.30pm (2 hours)

Where: Foyer Oxford, 196 Oxford Street, Leederville (in the Spark/Kindle room)

If you have any queries, please contact Mika at mika@yacwa.org.au or 9227 5440 (Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays).

2019 WA Youth Awards - nominate today

This year marks the 21st year of the WA Youth Awards. We know that young people don’t often get recognised for the contributions that they make to the community, and our community often falls back into the stereotype that young people are disengaged and disinterested. This event proves that stereotype to be very, very wrong. There are nine award categories including Most Outstanding Youth Worker Award, the Hope Community Services Positive Achievement Award and the Youth Futures Innovation for a Sustainable Future Award. 

It's not too late to get your nominations in. Nominations close Saturday 6th September. The WA Youth Awards will be presented on Friday, 25 October 2019 at the State Theatre Centre Perth.

FREE youth leadership workshops
MYAN WA is currently offering FREE youth leadership training sessions to emerging young leaders from refugee and migrant backgrounds. All workshops are co-delivered with young leaders. Organisations and schools looking to book workshops can choose from a diverse range of topics to cater to their young people including:

• Leadership
• Youth facilitation
• Storytelling 
• Culture and bias
• Public speaking  
• Project management  
• Working with others to build a team 

Please get in touch with the Project Coordinator Tamkin Essa by emailing tamkin@yacwa.org.au to find out more. 

Workshops

Mental Health & Substance Use workshop

The Multicultural Communities Council of WA is running a workshop that explores links and gaps between substance use and mental health and available treatments. This session will be presented by Dr Tahir Babur, who is a RANZCP Trainee Registrar in Psychiatry at Northern Sydney District Health. This session is suitable for community workers, counsellors, social workers and psychologists who provide services to people from multicultural backgrounds.

When: 16 September 2019, 10am to 11:30am

Where: Armadale District Hall, 90 Jull St, Armadale

Cost: Free but registration is required

Unlock your big idea!

Are you from a migrant or refugee background? Then this free workshop may be for you! 

You will learn about the importance of developing enterprise skills and how to identify good ideas. You will learn about the future of work in the digital economy.

There will be two information sessions from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM:

Wednesday 4th September 2019 

Mils Park Centre Lesser Hall, 86 Brixton St, Beckenham 

Wednesday 18th September 2019

Bentley HUB Library, cnr Hedley Place and Manning Road, Bentley

For more information, contact James Phillips on 9345 5755 or 0422315049 or email James.phillips@mmrcwa.org.au

Working effectively with interpreters

This workshop with ASeTTS will explore:

• Best practice when working with interpreters and the importance of using interpreters
• The diversity of languages in Western Australia
• Skills and strategies for working with interpreters, both on-site and via telephone
• An interpreter’s perspective

When: 19 September 2019, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Where: ASeTTS Perth, 286 Beaufort Street, Perth

Morning tea will be supplied at the event. To book the event, and advise if you have any dietary requirements please email training@asetts.org.au

DV-alert awareness session

Lifeline WA is presenting a free two hour workshop to raise awareness of domestic and family violence. This interactive session provides an opportunity to talk about domestic violence and what can be done to help to make a difference.

When: 16th September, 10am to 12pm

Where: Lifeline WA, 7 Aberdeen Street, Perth WA 6000

Resources

Unity Employment Network

The Unity Employment Network is a WA collaboration between MercyCare, Red Cross and CARAD to connect WA employers with jobseekers from asylum seeker, refugee and new migrant backgrounds. Potential employers are encouraged to consider job seekers new to WA and seeking to settle here successfully. The Unity Employment Network can help you to connect to around 1,500 jobseekers from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. For more information, contact UnityEmployment@mercycare.org.au

Opportunities

Scholarships

The Refugee Council works with universities to provide scholarships for people seeking asylum. Unlike holders of permanent humanitarian visas, people seeking asylum and refugees on temporary protection visas are not eligible for programs and concessions designed to assist students with financing tertiary education. A number of universities have now started providing scholarships to people seeking asylum and refugees on temporary visas.

Local Government elections — Put yourself forward

Are you thinking of standing in local government elections? Local Government Minister David Templeman is calling for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to nominate for local government elections on October 2019. The October local government elections are the first to be held since a series of local government reforms were recently passed by the WA Parliament. The changes include the requirement for all candidates to now undertake a mandatory online training course before the elections.

Nominations for candidates to stand in the 2019 local government elections open on Thursday 5 September and close at 4pm, Thursday 12 September.

Volunteering

Conservation Volunteers- Multicultural Program 

Conservation Volunteers Australia have recently received a Fostering Integration grant from the Department of Social Services to run a migrant based conservation program two days a week - one day in Canning and one in Stirling. The program is focused on engaging people from migrant or multicultural backgrounds, especially women. The participants will get a chance to meet with other members of the community, learn new skills, learn about Australian plants and animals, practice English and do hands on conservation work, such as tree planting. The program is free and no previous experience is required. Morning tea is included.

To find out more, contact Clare MacNish on 9335 2777 or email at cmacnish@cva.org.au 

Volunteering is Belonging

MMRC’s new program Volunteering is Belonging is about to kick-off! The program is for young people between the ages of 16 to 25 from migrant and refugee backgrounds. Apart from gaining experience and increasing networks through volunteering, participants will enhance their leadership and employability skills. They will also have  the option of completing the accredited Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award (with support from MMRC). Places are limited and preference will be given to City of Stirling residents due to the conditions of the grant.

To join the program or find out more information contact Violent at MMRC on violet.arrey@mmrcwa.org.au 

MYAN WA e-News 
If you would like any of your events, programs, services, or projects that are relevant to refugee or migrant young people and the sector that supports them shared in the MYAN WA newsletters or Facebook page, please send it through to myanwa@yacwa.org.au

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