24-7 YouthWork

24-7 YouthWork is a long-term trust relationship between  Aotea College and North Porirua Baptist Church, which provides paid part-time paid Youth workers and makes accessible wholistic, wrap-around support to all young people in the North Porirua area.

24-7 YouthWork is an integrated in-school and out-of-school approach to youth work. 

24-7 YouthWork is a trust relationship between a local school and a local church in the context of the local community working together. The youth workers are involved both in-school and out-of-school with young people.

Schools are where all the young people are. It is where many of their problems surface and their significant social circles form. A great deal of a young person’s day is spent at school and much of their life is concerned with it. Therefore, isolating their school experience from the rest of their life doesn't make sense.

Effective youth work through schools can help meet educational needs, but also the wider needs of healthy, growing, young people. Schools can be a place where youth workers can get alongside and encourage young people. Schools can also provide safe opportunities for personal invitations to a full range of activities and significant relationships that are available in the community.