Internal Support in QCYF Protocol - Revision history

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Anya: /* Group Boundaries */

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Group Boundaries

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 * When '''buddies''' are being sorted out for First Aid work at protests it must not be assumed that young people are comfortable being buddied with people aged 20+. Those arranging buddies should '''ask''' young people if they would prefer to be buddied with '''another teenager'''.
-=== Buddies for Other Work ==
+=== Buddies for Other Work ===
 Buddies for '''all other QCYF work''' are encouraged. Action points should be given to '''several people''' who will work on each task together, rather than one person by themselves.

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 '''QCYF fortnightly care debriefs''' are for people aged '''13-19 only'''. They are facilitated by '''older teenagers''' with '''care experience'''.
-Young people also have the '''option''' of attending '''general care debriefs''' with the rest of QC. In these debriefs, young people have the '''option''' of having their own '''breakout room'''. People from QCYF who attend general care debriefs will '''feed back''' anything relevant from QCYF care debriefs to the general ones, and vice versa.
+Young people aged '''18-19''' also have the '''option''' of attending '''general care debriefs''' with the rest of QC. People from QCYF who attend general care debriefs will '''feed back''' anything relevant from QCYF care debriefs to the general ones, and vice versa.
 === General Meetings ===

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 * QCYF virtual buddying - Dispatch for virtual 'no-PII' buddies.
-These chats are used as set out in the [[Buddying Protocol]]. Those living '''outside London''' are encouraged to set up a dispatch and buddying chat for their area.
+These chats are used as set out in the [[Buddying Protocol]]. Those living '''outside London''' are encouraged to set up a dispatch and buddying chat for their area. If you wish to join either of these chats, please send a message in the Slack channel #young-folk-general, or DM Anya, Finn, Tamar, Willow or Snap.
 As set out in '''[[Policies for safeguarding children and young people|Policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People]]''':

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 '''Next review''': W/c 3rd May 2021
-== Group Boundaries ==
+== QCYF Principles ==
-Everyone joining QCYF agrees to the [[QCYF Group Boundaries]]. These are on a living document that is regularly reviewed and adapted.
+Everyone joining QCYF agrees to work using the [[QueerCare Young Folk Principles]]. These are on a living document that is regularly reviewed and adapted.
 == Zooms ==

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 == Group Boundaries ==
-Everyone joining QCYF agrees to the [[QCYF Group Boundaries]], which centre anti-oppression. These are on a living document that is regularly reviewed and adapted.
+Everyone joining QCYF agrees to the [[QCYF Group Boundaries]]. These are on a living document that is regularly reviewed and adapted.
 == Zooms ==

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 When '''new people''' join QCYF they will be put into '''buddy groups''' with an '''already established QCYF buddy pair''', to help break down barriers to getting involved and allow for more effective skillsharing. These groups will be based on the buddy groups established during training.
-=== Work Buddies ===
+=== Buddies for Care and Advocacy ===
-As set out in the [[Buddying Protocol]], everyone doing care and advocacy is strongly encouraged to always work with buddies, or with 'no PII' buddies where buddying using another format is not possible.
+As set out in the [[Buddying Protocol]], everyone doing '''care''' and '''advocacy''' is strongly encouraged to always work with '''buddies''', or with ''''no PII'''' buddies where buddying using another format is not possible.
-Buddies for all other work is encouraged as well. Action points should always be given to several people who will work on each task together.
+QCYF has its own care and advocacy '''dispatch Signal chats''', which are separate to those used by those aged 20+ in QC. Currently, these are:
-as set out in the (draft) safeguarding policies, people aged 18-19 who move to doing care for adults should be buddied with a buddy pair of people aged 20+ who already do care in qc who they can ask questions to & go to if they have any problems.  similarly, people aged 18-19 doing care or advocacy for people aged 20+ should be buddied by someone at least a few years older who has experience in care work. it would be good to talk (maybe in a care debrief?) about what we need to do to make this happen, with the knowledge that by the end of the year there will be four people who already do care as qc who will be aged 18-19 (not including people who join after the training).
+These chats are used as set out in the [[Buddying Protocol]]. Those living '''outside London''' are encouraged to set up a dispatch and buddying chat for their area.
 == Training ==

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 This is the protocol describing the '''internal support structures''' in place for people working and organising in '''QueerCare Young Folk (QCYF)'''.
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 === Work Buddies ===
 as set out in the (draft) safeguarding policies, people aged 18-19 who move to doing care for adults should be buddied with a buddy pair of people aged 20+ who already do care in qc who they can ask questions to & go to if they have any problems.  similarly, people aged 18-19 doing care or advocacy for people aged 20+ should be buddied by someone at least a few years older who has experience in care work. it would be good to talk (maybe in a care debrief?) about what we need to do to make this happen, with the knowledge that by the end of the year there will be four people who already do care as qc who will be aged 18-19 (not including people who join after the training).
 == Training ==
+QCYF aims to run '''online training courses''' that bring people into the organisation '''twice a year'''. Each time some of the course '''facilitators''' should be people who have '''not facilitated a QCYF training course before''', to allow for effective skill-sharing.
 == Self-to-Self Debriefs ==
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 Everyone doing '''care and/or advocacy''' in QCYF is '''strongly''' encouraged to regularly (eg. once a week or once a month) '''self-to-self debrief'''. A template for doing this can be found in [[Protocol for doing a debrief|Protocol for Doing a Debrief]].
-There is an '''opt-in buddying system''' for self-to self debriefs. Young people can sign up to have their self-to-self debriefs (PII removed) read over by someone aged 20+ in QC, or by an older teenager in QCYF who has care/advocacy experience. This is to help with problem-solving and to encourage skillsharing. This is an informal and friendly system - there is never any judgement or shame related to any problems that might be discussed in self-to-self debriefs.
+There is an '''opt-in buddying system''' for self-to self debriefs. Young people can sign up to have their self-to-self debriefs (PII removed) read over by someone aged 20+ in QC, or by an older teenager in QCYF who has care/advocacy experience. This is to help with '''problem-solving''' and to encourage '''skillsharing'''. This is an informal and friendly system - there is never any judgement or shame related to any problems that might be discussed in self-to-self debriefs.
 If you would like a buddy to review your debriefs, or to volunteer as a buddy to review other people's debriefs, please fill out [http://tiny.cc/qcyf-selftoself-buddyform this form].
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 == Therapy ==
-Everyone doing care, advocacy and/or protest First Aid is eligible to receive therapy expensed to QC. Please see [[Accessing Therapy Whilst Working in QueerCare Protocol]] for information on how to access this.
+Everyone doing '''care''', '''advocacy''' and/or '''protest First Aid''' is eligible to receive '''therapy expensed to QC'''. Please see [[Accessing Therapy Whilst Working in QueerCare Protocol]] for information on how to access this.
 == Payment and Expenses ==
-Everyone in QCYF is eligible to both claim expenses and be paid for their labour, as set out in the [[Claim expenses |Claiming Expenses Protocol]] and [[Paying people protocol|Paying People Protocol]].
+Everyone in QCYF is eligible to both '''claim expenses''' and be '''paid for their labour''', as set out in the [[Claim expenses |Claiming Expenses Protocol]] and [[Paying people protocol|Paying People Protocol]].

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 == Zooms ==
-=== Structure ==
+=== Structure ===
 We have '''one zoom a week''', following a monthly schedule of:
 * Week 1: Care Debrief