YouthGrounds Training Program

Yes you can! There will be an extra form your school needs to sign, and we can help you with this. If you haven't attended school for a while and perhaps feeling a bit anxious about returning and learning in a group this could be a great opportunity for you. The program is designed to help build your self-confidence, learn skills to help you in life and work. We're here to support you so please reach out if you'd like to talk more.

It depends. Speak to your teacher, and your careers teacher about whether you can attend the program. Then complete the YouthGrounds registration form.

Absolutely you can! There will be some classroom learning sessions which won't be too much like school and most learning will be hands-on. We're here to support you so please reach out if you'd like to talk more about how we can do this.

The program doesn't involve a lot of reading and writing, but please chat to us about how we can support you.

You're in the right place! We know young people struggle to get work experience which is why you will get 10 weeks of work experience shifts in this program.

If you have work experience in a different job, you're more than welcome to register. If you have experience in hospitality already, this program would be most useful if you need to build your self-confidence, skills for working with others, customer service and receive support for being job ready.

Absolutely you can take part! We want to make sure there are supports in place for you to participate and succeed in the program. During the registration process you have the opportunity to share with us how we can best support you to take part in the program.

Absolutely you can take part! This program is for young people who have a connection with Melbourne’s West are keen to learn the skills to be job ready. We want to make sure there are supports in place for you to participate and succeed in the program. You will have the opportunity speak to us about how we can support you to take part in the program when you register your interest. We are experience in running programs with neurodiverse young people.

Absolutely you can take part! This program is for young people who have a connection with Melbourne’s West and are keen to learn the skills to be job ready. We want to make sure there are supports in place for you to participate and succeed in the program. During the registration process you have the opportunity to share with us how we can best support you to take part in the program.

The program is a friendly environment to support you. The work experience will start with building your confidence and barista skills. There is training to help increase your confidence in speaking with people, before needing to serve customers. You can always ask about other jobs in the cafe so you don't have to serve customers.

You're not alone, and you can definitely take part in the program. You will build skills you can take to any workplace, whether you want to work in cafes and hospitality or try something else. There will be support provided in the program to help guide you to where you want to go.

That's okay, you can still register your interest in the program. While this program includes a range of life, work, and hospitality skills the work experience will be in a café with a focus on coffee. You don't have to become a barista. There will be support for you in the program to help you find passions and career path to help connect to future jobs.

Well, neither does my boss and she's super passionate about this program! In this program you will be learning about coffee- and how to make it, which usually involves tasting it too! If you don't like coffee and you'd like to get the skills to work in a café or hospitality this is still an opportunity for you.

That's totally fine! You don't need to have tried coffee or even like it to take part in the training program.