Human Vitamin

Overall aim of the training course Our overall aim is to understand the role, functions and competences of coach within “Youth in Action” projects, gaining self-knowledge about the participants’ own personal coaching styles and moreover to understand the special needs of coaching of young people with fewer opportunities. Learning objectives of the training course are: - To increase self-awareness and self-knowledge of youth leaders, youth workers and young people on coaching; - To understand the needs and potential the young people have, when realising their ideas in practice; - To raise awareness and develop attitudes to ensure active participation of young people at personal level and at community level; - To train youth leaders and youth workers on ways of coaching methods and techniques used during different phases of the coaching; - To adapt the methods taught to the special local target group the participant personally work with; - To transmit knowledge regarding coaching with special groups of young people (those of living under state care, having learning or behavioural problems, are ethnic minorities in a majority society etc.); - To sensitize the participants towards the importancy of supervising their working style and show some methods to realize it. - To reflect on participants’ experiences and create recommendations for coaching within the programme “Youth in Action”;