We offer an excellent Young Person Development programme designed to build confidence and increase skills.
There are a wide range of activities to enjoy as part of your Young Person Development programme.
Young Person Development
Young Person Development in a nutshell
As a young person develops from adolescence to young adult they go through a period of massive change. This change is hard to teach yet the expectations at this point in life are very high and there is little room for error.
Skern Lodge has been delivering personalised courses designed to help this process since the 1980’s and continues to do so today. ‘Learning through experience’ lies at the heart of our organisation and the programmes we offer reflect this. It allows young people the chance to explore aspects of personal and team development using a variety of activities designed to challenge and test their abilities and skills. The approach is followed up by regular reviews, which allows an individual to come away with a raised awareness of themselves and providing the confidence and the motivation to take responsibility to continue their learning back in the real world.
Each programme is specifically tailored to your requirements. So if you need evidence for key skills, want particular topics explored which are integral to your organisation, or time to write up experiences needed for a particular curriculum module then just let us know.
The length of each course is up to you, we run 2, 3, 5 and 7 day courses – if time is tight we also offer the 30 hour challenge.
All courses are run by trained facilitators who work closely with the teams for the duration of the course, guiding their learning, managing any failures that occur and making sense of each experience to help transfer these to their own environments.
‘The course was completely tailored to meet the needs of
the group. Instructors attitude and approach during the delivery
of the programme has been outstanding at all times’
the group. Instructors attitude and approach during the delivery
of the programme has been outstanding at all times’
Extended Diploma Year 2 - OCVC Banbury 2011
‘Excellent, profession service all round,
great organisation from admin to instructors’
great organisation from admin to instructors’
Weymouth College 2011
Expected learning outcomes for a young persons course include:
- Greater awareness of interpersonal skills
- Increased confidence in own ability
- Understand how to learn from mistakes
- Support and trust in both self and others
- Worked examples of team behaviours and roles
- Motivation to continue learning
- Action plan for future development
- Key skills evidence (if required)
- Module criteria met (if required)
‘I would like to say a big thank you to the two Richards who
were our instructors during our stay. They are both professional
and have gone beyond their remit to accommodate my students:
Hartland being one example where they asked the students to
evaluate their own leadership skills’
were our instructors during our stay. They are both professional
and have gone beyond their remit to accommodate my students:
Hartland being one example where they asked the students to
evaluate their own leadership skills’
Canterbury College 2011
