❓ Mr. Britza asks about the Liberal-National government's efforts to improve youth mentoring services. The Minister responds by highlighting the Mentoring Worx program and its role in addressing challenges faced by young people and families, including the impact of technology and fly-in/fly-out work arrangements.
AnsweredQoN 203Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
YOUTH —
MENTORING WORX PROGRAM
203. Mr I.M. BRITZA to the Minister for Youth:
I know firsthand the importance of mentoring young people.
With this in mind, can the minister update the house on what the Liberal–National
government is doing to improve this very important service?
MENTORING WORX PROGRAM
203. Mr I.M. BRITZA to the Minister for Youth:
I know firsthand the importance of mentoring young people.
With this in mind, can the minister update the house on what the Liberal–National
government is doing to improve this very important service?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member of Morley for his question.
I had the opportunity last Wednesday morning to launch some
workshops in which people from the community were doing a mentoring workshop,
which is part of the government's Mentoring Worx program that was
developed by the Department for Communities. We all understand the process of
mentoring. In today's society, our community is changing very much. The
member for Morley, as the father of a young son, understands the importance of
a strong father role model for a young boy. The mentoring program goes a long
way to address a number of concerns in our community. Things that affect us
more these days are along the lines of fly in, fly out families where the
father is away for a number of weeks, and the mentoring program can help a lot
to deal with those needs in our community. One of the things that is very
important for a young family—as I am sure members would understand—is
that the family unit has changed a lot over the last few years. Things such as
Facebook and online games were not around years ago and they have had such an
impact on today's community and families. The launch of the Mentoring
Worx program with the Department for Communities goes a long way in the process
of helping our mentors become better mentors and it will help our communities.
Young people aged between 12 and 25
make up one-fifth of the population. By 2030, there will be 550 000 youths in
the state, so it is important to provide opportunities for them to thrive.
About 70 per cent of young people are born in Western Australia; the remainder
come from England, New Zealand, South Africa, Malaysia and China, with more
than 1 300 migrant refugees and one-third of all Aboriginal people in Western
Australia under the age of 15. The process also looks at mentoring from a
refugee perspective and from those who come from other nations to help work
with us and become mentors and find their way around. This government launched
a four-year program to improve the way government works with mentoring in this
sector. It is in line with the standard of —
Point of Order
Mrs
M.H. ROBERTS : The minister appears to be reading his full answer. I
draw your attention, Mr Speaker, to the fact that that is against standing
orders. I ask you to make a ruling on that.
The
SPEAKER : Minister, you can use your notes, but do not read the
answer.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr A.J. SIMPSON : I
inform the house that the mentoring program was kicked off by the Department
for Communities. It is a great program to help our mentoring program and is
part of our government building a stronger and safer community.
I had the opportunity last Wednesday morning to launch some
workshops in which people from the community were doing a mentoring workshop,
which is part of the government's Mentoring Worx program that was
developed by the Department for Communities. We all understand the process of
mentoring. In today's society, our community is changing very much. The
member for Morley, as the father of a young son, understands the importance of
a strong father role model for a young boy. The mentoring program goes a long
way to address a number of concerns in our community. Things that affect us
more these days are along the lines of fly in, fly out families where the
father is away for a number of weeks, and the mentoring program can help a lot
to deal with those needs in our community. One of the things that is very
important for a young family—as I am sure members would understand—is
that the family unit has changed a lot over the last few years. Things such as
Facebook and online games were not around years ago and they have had such an
impact on today's community and families. The launch of the Mentoring
Worx program with the Department for Communities goes a long way in the process
of helping our mentors become better mentors and it will help our communities.
Young people aged between 12 and 25
make up one-fifth of the population. By 2030, there will be 550 000 youths in
the state, so it is important to provide opportunities for them to thrive.
About 70 per cent of young people are born in Western Australia; the remainder
come from England, New Zealand, South Africa, Malaysia and China, with more
than 1 300 migrant refugees and one-third of all Aboriginal people in Western
Australia under the age of 15. The process also looks at mentoring from a
refugee perspective and from those who come from other nations to help work
with us and become mentors and find their way around. This government launched
a four-year program to improve the way government works with mentoring in this
sector. It is in line with the standard of —
Point of Order
Mrs
M.H. ROBERTS : The minister appears to be reading his full answer. I
draw your attention, Mr Speaker, to the fact that that is against standing
orders. I ask you to make a ruling on that.
The
SPEAKER : Minister, you can use your notes, but do not read the
answer.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr A.J. SIMPSON : I
inform the house that the mentoring program was kicked off by the Department
for Communities. It is a great program to help our mentoring program and is
part of our government building a stronger and safer community.
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