PD

Importance of helping each other

Module
JS2
Skill
[Teamwork]
Minutes
60

Learning Objectives

  • Explain in 3 sentences why it’s important and good for us to help others.
  • Name 3 advantages and 3 disadvantages of collective job hunting.

Preparation

Trainees need to do the prep before this session.

Facilitators to print bingo (one card per person).

Introduction

This session will identify the ways that people help each other in CYF and why CYF graduates look for jobs together when they have completed the course.

Exercises

Bingo (30 minutes)

Goal: Explore experiences of being helped and helping others during the CYF journey thus far.

  • Facilitator hands out bingo cards to each participant.
  • Participants move around the room and mark off the bingo block when they find someone that has had the experience noted in the bingo block.
  • The first person to have a Bingo line (blocks marked off in a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line)  shouts out ‘Bingo’ and the game stops. If no-one has Bingo in 20 minutes of playing the game, the game stops.

A few participants can share their experiences of being helped or helping others in the CYF community.

Collective job search (30 minutes)

Goal: To identify the main disadvantages and advantages of collective job hunting.

  • Form groups of 7-10 people
  • Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of collective job search as a CYF graduate that you read as part of prep. You will have 15 min to discuss the post and 5 min to come to a common conclusion. List 3 advantages and 3 disadvantages of collective job search.
  • One person in the group will summarise the main advantages of collective job search to the rest of the class. Each representative will have 3 minutes.