Personal sustainability - Resources as the key to youth work

This training course focuses on developing youth workers’ “Personal Sustainability” competence based on the ETS Competence Model for Youth Workers to Work Internationally. It provides tools and strategies to enhance participants' personal and professional resilience and well-being, enabling them to better sustain long-term effectiveness in youth work.

This course is part of the Erasmus+ accreditation programme implemented by Fahrten Ferne Abenteuer Abenteuerzentrum Berlin and its partners.

OBJECTIVES

• Recognize and Sustain Personal Resources: Equip participants with the skills to manage physical, emotional, and mental resources for their personal and professional growth.
• Enhance Professional Resilience: Increase readiness to maintain long-term engagement in youth work by promoting strategies for stress management, self-care, and sustainability.
• Develop Skills for Sustainable Practices: Enable youth workers to design and implement practices, workshops, and programs that emphasize personal sustainability and positive psychology.
• Promote Intercultural Networking: Foster international collaboration and the sharing of best practices in personal sustainability through interactive and multicultural exchanges.
• Empower through Community Building: Strengthen a sense of community and teamwork by participating in shared group tasks, interactive activities, cooking in international teams and reflection exercises.

The Personal Sustainability program primarily connects to the ETS competence fields of Facilitating Learning, Managing Resources, Designing Programs, and Networking and Advocating, with additional overlaps in Communicating Meaningfully and Being Civically Engaged. This makes it a holistic program that supports youth workers’ development across multiple competence areas.

Aligned with the ETS Competence Model: The course content aligns with professional competences, particularly within the frameworks of non-formal learning and fostering sustainability in youth work.

Certified Training with Digital Recognition: Participants will gain access to up-to-date recognition solutions, to validate their competence development. Certificates, including Youthpass, will be provided upon completion.

Innovative Methods: Participants will explore tools and methodologies from positive psychology and sustainability practices, tailored for the youth work context.

Digitally friendly approach: Digital platforms will be integrated for collecting ressources, competence assessment and certification.

Practical Skill Development: Participants will design, present, and receive feedback on sustainable youth work projects.

Intercultural Exchange: Activities will encourage participants to explore diverse perspectives on sustainability while engaging in a multicultural environment.