No Panic

Aims & objectives

Aim: a training course for youth workers who want to improve their interactions with
participants experiencing crisis or difficult situations throughout the activities

Objectives:
* identifying the roles and responsibilities of a youth worker, trainer, mentor, and project coordinator in a crisis situation of a participant
* raising knowledge about psychological crisis, its possible underlying reasons, how to recognize it and how to address different types of situations
* sharing experience of being in different challenging situations for peer-supervision
* equipping participants with open and proactive attitudes towards crisis situations
* equipping participants with tools of coaching to conduct meaningful and useful conversations in complex situations
* practicing empathic, focused, constructive communication and conversation
* creating space for networking and peer support
* improving professional language skills for inclusive acting in a diverse environment, including linguistic diversity.

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

27 participants from 10 EU countries

Training methods used & main activities

Solution Focused approach
experimental learning
experiential learning
psychodrama
coaching

Outcomes of the activity

Participants were equipped with tools and techniques to use in crisis situations working with their young people or colleagues. They had an opportunity to practice useful conversations and to test themselves how they react and which resources they can already draw upon.

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

Delivering a full time training the whole 6 days together with a partner training

I worked on this training for 6 days as a full time trainer.