We are currently seeking experienced individuals to work as Outreach Workers. This role requires the successful individuals to deliver interactive workshops on sexual bullying for young people aged 11 to 18 and to encourage positive gender relationships in young people. You will deliver to both small and large and single and mixed sex groups in secondary schools and youth settings. The successful individuals will encourage discussion of views and help the young people create goals or plans of action.
TeenBoundariesUK (part of Family Lives) began as the only charity solely devoted to stopping sexual bullying and encouraging positive gender relationships.
TeenBoundariesUK aims to support schools and community groups in delivering high quality PSHE and SRE.
We are dedicated to providing interactive workshops for teenagers in an open and supportive environment across the UK.
After working with over 4500 young people we have developed our material to cover a broader range of subjects surrounding the issues of sexual bullying. We now have added focus as to the cause and effects of early sexualisation, and its influences on teen behaviour.
We have menu of lessons for schools to pick for our delivery or our training and resource model:
1) The causes and effects of early sexualisation (media influences, popularity mechanisms and how affect behaviour within peer groups).
2) The use of sexualised language and bullying.
3) Cyber world- Sexting/Internet (FormSpring, Facebook, Safety issues) and how it adds to the issues of sexualised bullying.
4) Positive gender relationships (including domestic violence) covers abuse in relationships.
5) Myths and facts- sexual violence, safety tips.
Schools are a microcosm of society in general. You have a chance when you are dealing with young people to change attitudes… I think if you don’t take a standover it you are basically colluding. (School teacher-VAWG Strategy 2010).
We have male and female only lessons and mixed group lessons.
Schools decide which lessons they would like determined on the individual schools needs.
Fabulous Magazine- Saturday the 19th of November.
Founder Leonie Hodge spoke of her own experience of abusive relationship at 13 years old.
Leonie is passionate about awareness and practical solutions being implemented to stop the rise in teenage sexual violence and abuse in relationships.
Leonie believes more work also needs to be done targeting males and their attitudes and perspectives, as well as empowering girls; you need males to be empowered to want change for themselves and others.
TeenBoundaries has new work which they want to introduce working specifically with males, we are currently fundraising £30,000 to implement this new programme. www.justgiving.com/leonie-hodge
Any amount however small is essential for us to be able to cover the cost of our practitioners in schools and youth settings.
With financial cuts hurting everyone we are extremely grateful for support in driving this work forward.
TeenBoundariesUK works with schools to teach children not to become victims and to feel more empowered and resilient to future bullying or sexualised violence and also aims to prevent them from becoming perpetrators. Leonie Hodge (founder) comments:
‘I feel let down that our education did not provide myself and peers with education around healthy relationships and understanding the changes in society’s gender representation, which had influence on our behaviours. It is difficult to make healthy choices, if you are not educated in what these are or when you need skills to make these choices.
Any amount however small is essential for us to be able to cover the cost of our practitioners in schools and youth settings.
With financial cuts hurting everyone we are extremely grateful for continued support of the public in driving this work forward.
By empowering young people to understand the context of the behaviours they see in the media and the behaviours their peers or older peers in their community, then you are demystifying behaviours which at first can seem appealing to gain more peer approval, you have to intervene in this cycle to ensure young people understand why the risky behaviours will not meet all their needs they have and educate them that there is another way.
Prevention through education also helps the cohesion within families.
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