Mark Capern

Working with & for children & young people in Jersey 🇯🇪 as Associate Director for Young People's Services. Comments - my own views

[NYA @natyouthagency]

On Tuesday @harpreetkuppal, MP for Huddersfield, tabled a timely and vital Westminster Hall debate on access to universal and targeted youth provision that had lots of support from MPs championing this agenda across the House.

The debate highlighted that youth work plays a crucial role in the mental wellbeing of young people, the need for trauma-informed interventions, discussed the importance of rebuilding the youth sector workforce and the need to have sufficient youth provision in every place. We are grateful to all the parliamentarians who contributed to this important debate.

🎥You can watch the full video below.

#YouthWork #YouthSector #NationalYouthStrategy

[Mark Capern @markcapern]

@JsyYouthService @StHelierHonPol @GovJsyCYPES Great being out doing a street session with John and engaging with the community.

Youth Work really is the best job 🙂

[Mark Capern @markcapern]

Fantastic work... Young Worker training is the start of growing our own Youth Workers. 🇯🇪
#succesionplanning
#YouthWork

[Jersey Youth Service @JsyYouthService]

We had an amazing 33 attend our 'Young Worker Training' over the weekend.

Activities included a youth worker mocktail, building blocks of youth work, 12 week planning, DEI, safeguarding, team games and campfire.

Huge well done to them all, look out for them in our projects!

[Mark Capern @markcapern]

@JsyYouthService @StHelierJsy @GovJsyCYPES Well done both of you and thank you 🙂

[NYA @natyouthagency]

This morning, @mrjamesob dedicated a substantial portion of his @LBC breakfast show to discussing the broader societal impacts of youth service closures.

After sharing key findings from a recent @TheIFS study, James took calls and messages from listeners who shared life-changing experiences with youth clubs and youth workers, highlighting how these services had expanded their opportunities.

Listen back to the show from 1:11:30 here https://t.co/ohphCyK9Yq

Find out more about the social cost of youth cuts here: https://t.co/rgaGEi9TRQ

Find out more about the ways in which youth services and formal education can work in tandem here: https://t.co/3i6ByAsure

#YouthWork #YouthServices

[Mark Capern @markcapern]

Been a while since i was out on the streets of St Helier!

Some great engagement with young people.

We have some awesome Youth Workers who have positive relationships with the young people 👏🏻
#YouthWorkWeek
#detachedyouthwork
@GovJsyCYPES
@JsyYouthService

[Mark Capern @markcapern]

@JsyYouthService @StHelierJsy @GovJsyCYPES Well done Elliott & Team.👏🏻

[Mark Capern @markcapern]

Well done and thank you to all... fantastic open event to highlight and celebrate the awesome work being delivered #YWW24

[Jersey Youth Service @JsyYouthService]

Great evening tonight as part of #YouthWorkWeek to have the Assist Minister for Children and Family, alongside our colleagues from @JerseyPolice Community Police team & varoius community representatives.
@donnamarriott2 @GovJsyCYPES @markcapern

[Jersey Youth Service @JsyYouthService]

Great evening tonight as part of #YouthWorkWeek to have the Assist Minister for Children and Family, alongside our colleagues from @JerseyPolice Community Police team & varoius community representatives.
@donnamarriott2 @GovJsyCYPES @markcapern

[Mark Capern @markcapern]

@townpoliceunit @JsyYouthService Always a pleasure working with our @JerseyPolice colleagues & many thanks for joining some of our Youth Workers today as part of #YouthWorkWeek
#communitypolicing
@SoJP_InspCPT @ChiefJersey

[Mark Capern @markcapern]

@JsyYouthService @GovJsyCYPES @natyouthagency Great evening spent with staff and young people at the Glow in the Dark Climbing.

Youth Work really is the best job🤘🏻

Thank you to our awesome Youth Workers and volunteers 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
#YWW24

[Mark Capern @markcapern]

Great to see all our 🇯🇪 Youth Projects ready for a busy week next week to celebrate #youthworkweek
@natyouthagency @GovJsyCYPES

[Jersey Youth Service @JsyYouthService]

🌟 Youth Work Week (4-8 November)🌟
We’re celebrating the power of youth work and the incredible impact it has on young people’s lives.
👇Have a look at the opportunities on offer in youth projects next week 💪 #YouthWorkWeekJersey #JerseyYouthservice

[Mark Capern @markcapern]

@JsyYouthService @GovJsyCYPES Well John and thank you for all you do 👏🏻

[Mark Capern @markcapern]

@JsyYouthService @YouthArtsJersey @WrexhamUniYCW Good luck Dani & Honor. Being a Youth Worker is the best job ever 😉

[NYA @natyouthagency]

At our panel discussion at the Labour Party Conference yesterday, we explored how we can build opportunities for young people and restore the youth workforce to enable high quality, sufficient and effective youth services in every place.

Rachel de Souza, @ChildrensComm for England highlighted the need for sustainable funding:

“It's not that there aren't enough jobs, it's sustainable funding.

So we need a longterm strategy to give great youth workers the stability and confidence to stay in the profession.”

The NYA’s strategic focus is on engaging government departments in the case for youth work, connecting with allied sectors across health, schools, justice and sport.

Read more on our strategy at: https://t.co/A0pwcgCuo9

#LabourConference2024 #LabourConference #YouthWork #YouthVoice

[Jersey Youth Service @JsyYouthService]

We are at the @PortsofJersey 'Get Afloat' event at Albert Pier. We've got some of our Outdoor Learning Activities set up and have had lots of young people engaging in fire building, wood chopping and learning knots.

We're here until 5, come see us!

[Mark Capern @markcapern]

@JsyYouthService Well done and looking forward to seeing some of the good work over the next term. 🙂👏🏻

[Mark Capern @markcapern]

@JsyYouthService Well done Jake and team 👏🏻

[Mark Capern @markcapern]

@JsyYouthService @GovJsyCYPES @donnamarriott2 Well done all 👏🏻🙂

[Mark Capern @markcapern]

@JsyYouthService @townpoliceunit @JerseyPolice @SoJP_InspCPT @donnamarriott2 @GovJsyCYPES Well done 👏🏻👏🏻