Starter pack
For a Youth worker at the YMCA.
Session planning, safeguarding preparation, and listening well — never speaking for young people.
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Essential prompts for a Youth worker
90-minute youth session plan
Plan a classic 90-minute youth session.
Design a youth listening session
Plan a session that surfaces young people's views without leading them.
Participant agreement / group ground rules
Co-create ground rules with a group.
Risk assessment starter
First-draft risk assessment for a session or trip.
Close the feedback loop with participants
Tell participants what you heard and what changed as a result.
Neurodiversity-friendly session
Adapt a session to be neurodiversity-affirming.
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Techniques + a projectTechnique
Red-team and safeguard probes
Deliberately probe your prompt or draft for harms, misuse, and worst-case reads.
Read techniqueTechnique
Role & audience conditioning
Tell the model who it is and who it is writing for. Shifts vocabulary, register, and priorities.
Read techniqueTechnique
Few-shot exemplars
Show 2–5 worked examples of the input→output pattern you want. The model mimics form and tone.
Read techniqueProject
Local youth needs assessment
Design and run a lightweight assessment of what young people in your area actually need — and turn it into a board-ready summary.
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20 prompts1-to-1 digital skills plan
A personalised digital skills plan for a resident, participant or volunteer.
Housing signposting guide
Create a clear guide to local housing help.
Mental health first aid session plan
Plan a session for peer supporters.
Support for young carers
Design a young carer support offer.
Youth rights plain-English explainer
Explain a right or protection to young people directly.
Design a participant feedback loop
Set up a feedback system where participants know their input actually moved something.
Focus group discussion guide
Design a semi-structured focus group.
Peer mentoring programme
Design a peer mentoring scheme.
Referral letter to a partner service
Refer a participant with dignity.
Review programme accessibility
Check whether a programme is genuinely accessible to intended participants.
Turn a community need into a programme concept
Move from a general community need to a testable programme idea.
Youth session plan
A one-hour session with clear learning outcomes.
Facilitate a youth climate conversation
Run a session where young people shape the response.
Cymraeg / Welsh-language draft
Draft a communication in Welsh (Cymraeg) for review by a Welsh-speaking colleague.
Participant council setup
Set up an ongoing participant voice body.
Plan a youth voice consultation
Design a 90-minute session for young people to shape a decision that affects them.
Young leaders programme design
Design a programme growing young leaders.
Youth panel terms of reference
Set up a youth panel that influences decisions.
Analyse youth feedback without losing minority views
Summarise feedback while preserving perspectives that might otherwise be lost.
Develop a youth-friendly survey
Create a short survey young people will actually complete honestly.
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