Our Holiday Program allows Young Carers to simply be kids for the day! With 1 in 10 children in Australia giving up their childhood to provide unpaid care to a family member, Little Dreamers delivers fun, empowering and proactive support programs to reduce the risk factors that they face and improve health, wellbeing and quality of life.

The School Holiday program connects young people going through similar experiences to provide respite and reduction in social isolation, providing more opportunities for Young Carers to meet and socialise with their peers.

The role

  • Help with general tasks such as the set-up and clean-up of the day
  • Get involved in the activities for the day
  • Make all participants feel supported and included
  • Assist Little Dreamers staff in organisation of attendees throughout the day
  • Help facilitate games and activities
Eligibility criteria
  • Working with Children Check
  • Police Check
  • Reference Check
  • COVID-19 double vaccination certificate
Details

Overnight Camp

  • Wednesday 27th- Friday 29th September, Mosman (2 students required, requiring at least one male identifying student)
  • Transportation from central meeting point, camp accommodation, and meals all provided.

How to apply

More information about requirements, dates, times, and locations for this opportunity can be found on InPlace. Students can also apply to any available opportunity directly through InPlace. For information and tools on how to use InPlace, please refer to 'Applying with InPlace' module in the Community Engagement Canvas Course.

Before applying for an opportunity please ensure:

  • You understand and will follow any COVID-safe practices as determined by ACU, the organisation offering this opportunity or the public health orders of your state.
  • You are willing to undertake further processing as required and acknowledge that your ACU email address and the information you provide in your application will be shared with the organisation that offers this opportunity. The organisation will keep your personal information confidential.
  • You have read the 'Safety and Wellbeing' module in the Community Engagement course.

Opportunities are available in line with the needs of our community partners. If this opportunity is not listed in InPlace it may not be open, it may be at capacity, or you may not be eligible.

Check InPlace

Contact

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact ACU Engagement.
acuengagement@acu.edu.au

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