Engagement in Mental Health Services
Youth Engagement at New Path means adults and youth are working together, making decisions together and ensuring that youth voice is part of everything we do. New Path values youth perspectives and creates opportunities for youth voice and involvement through: evaluation, supporting youth in engagement activities and through the design, planning and implementation of our programs.
New Path believes young people with mental health challenges should take an active role in shaping their own mental health care; we strive to create opportunities to hear and respond to youth perspectives.
Through engagement, youth develop skills that can lead to employment, make connections to resources and people, become empowered and build self-confidence and many other skills. Services that promote and respond to youth perspectives achieve better mental health outcomes, which leads to communities that are more responsive.
Through engagement and creating opportunities for youth voice, New Path learns about the needs of youth directly, ensuring accountability, and that programming/services reflect those needs.
Read the Full Youth Engagement Strategy Here