It Only Takes One

A school-based program that provides students with an understanding of pivotal social issues

Young people can be the change they want to see in the world

Anglicare WA’s It Only Takes One is a school-based program that provides students with an understanding of pivotal social issues including Healthy Relationships, Poverty & Inequality, Homelessness, and Wellbeing.

Through in-person presentations, online learning, workshops and educational resources, students are empowered with the knowledge and skills to be changemakers in their communities.

Topics we cover

Healthy Relationships

How to form and maintain healthy friendships and relationships. This program provides knowledge on prevention and early intervention in family violence; promotion of gender equality and respect; identification of controlling or unhealthy behaviours and knowing where to seek further assistance. Online learning is available for years 7-12 and in-person presentations for years 7 & 8.

MORE INFORMATION + BOOKINGS

Tegan O’Rafferty
tegan.orafferty@anglicarewa.org.au

HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS GUIDE

YEAR 7 – RESPECT
• The importance of respect in friendships
• What respectful and disrespectful behaviour might look and sound like
• Consider how gendered stereotypes might promote disrespectful behaviour
• Appropriately respond when witnessing and/or experience someone being disrespectful

YEAR 8 – BOUNDARIES
• What is a personal boundary?
• Identify some advantages to setting personal boundaries
• Explore ways to determine your own personal boundaries
• Identify what is acceptable and unacceptable behaviour in friendships

YEAR 9 – VIOLENCE IN RELATIONSHIPS
• Types of family and domestic violence
• Myths about violent behaviours
• Challenging attitudes and behaviours

YEAR 10 – POWER, CONTROL AND JEALOUSY
• Healthy and unhealthy relationships
• Identify behaviours that are controlling
• Describe what jealous behaviour looks like in relationships
• Identify where to seek help

YEAR 11 + 12 – INTIMACY, RESPECT AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE
• Sexually disrespectful behaviour
• Differentiate between the types of sexual violence
• Describe the meaning of sexual consent
• Identify ways to combat a culture of sexual violence

Well-being

Increasing understanding of mental health and wellbeing, encouraging young people to seek help when they need it and increasing compassion for those experiencing mental health difficulties.

INFORMATION + BOOKINGS

Tegan O’Rafferty
tegan.orafferty@anglicarewa.org.au

WELL-BEING GUIDE

YEAR 7 - CONFIDENCE
• What confidence looks, sounds and feels like
• Identify strategies to boost self confidence
• Show confidence in a way that is constructive rather than boastful or aggressive
• Identify ways to help our friends be more confident

YEAR 8 - CONNECTION, SUPPORT AND BELONGING
• The social connection and well-being link
• Identify strategies to build connection and belonging
• Distinguish characteristics of positive (trustworthy) and negative (untrustworthy) influencers and supports.

YEAR 9 - ACCEPTANCE
• List factors which shape individual differences and identity
• Identify some factors that contribute to feelings of shame, self-doubt or isolation
• Describe strategies to boost self-acceptance
• Explain the benefits of diversity and identify how individuals can contribute to creating an inclusive community

YEAR 10/11/12 - WELL-BEING INTO ADULTHOOD
• Describe how mental health, relationship and financial wellbeing are interconnected
• Explain the importance of talking about challenges, asking for and offering help
• Identify some strategies that help when we, or someone we know, experiences mental health, relationship or financial problems
• Identify professional supports that are available

Poverty, Inequality + Homelessness

Strategy-focused program around poverty, housing issues and inequality including deconstructing myths and stereotypes of disadvantage; knowledge of financial vulnerability; ways to use individual privilege to impact societal change; identifying ways to advocate for change. Online learning is available for years 7-12 and

in-person presentations for years 7 & 8.

INFORMATION + BOOKINGS

Tegan O’Rafferty
tegan.orafferty@anglicarewa.org.au

POVERTY, INEQUALITY & HOMELESSNESS GUIDE

YEAR 7 - POVERTY AND INEQUALITY
• Poverty and inequality in Australia
• Factors that contribute to poverty and Inequality
• Explain some of the ways poverty and inequality affects individuals and communities

YEAR 8 - HOMELESSNESS
• Define homelessness
• List some factors that contribute to homelessness
• Describe who can experience homelessness
• Identify ways in which members of the community can help prevent and overcome homelessness

YEAR 9 - ADVOCACY
• Define advocacy
• List some of the qualities of a successful advocate
• List the different ways to advocate
• Identify ways in which young people can become involved in advocacy

YEAR 10 – HOMELESSNESS
• Define the tiers of homelessness
• Identify factors that contribute to homelessness
• Describe how disadvantage leads to homelessness
• Identify ways to prevent and overcome homelessness

YEAR 11 - JOBSEEKER PAYMENT
• What is the JobSeeker payment?
• Myths and stereotypes
• Ways to advocate for people accessing the JobSeeker payment

YEAR 12 - PRIVILEGE, RIGHTS AND ACTION
• Explain the interplay between human rights and privilege
• List ways to use individual privilege to impact societal change

3 ways we deliver our programs

1. Online

2. In-person presentation

3. Interactive advocacy + project design

ONLINE LEARNING INFORMATION

Modules are for years 7-12 and focus on three important topics:

1. Healthy Relationships
2. Poverty, Inequality + homelessness
3. Wellbeing

These units have been specifically designed with input from young people, teachers, principals and Anglicare WA specialists to increase wellbeing, reduce stigma, prevent violence, build confidence and spread compassion amongst the next generation.

Each module comes with a teacher resource pack that includes background information, discussion questions and follow up activities.

Online learning modules take 20 minutes to complete and can be used in the following ways:

1. Students complete the module individually on their laptop (10–20 minutes)
2. The class completes the module as a group with the teacher operating the module on the laptop while it is shown on the projector or smart board.
3. Students complete the module individually and then as a class complete the discussion questions and activities (up to 1 hour in total)
4. The learning can be done over several 20 minute sessions
a. Session 1 completion of online module
b. Session 2, 3 and beyond: class to complete the discussion questions and activities as a group.

INTERACTIVE ADVOCACY + PROJECT DESIGN

Anglicare WA staff will work with groups of interested students to help them plan and implement an advocacy project.

This lesson will be led by the students and could include making posters, videos, writing letters to politicians, or coming up with other creative ways to increase awareness about their chosen topic.

Advocacy Project Design
Learning to advocate for yourself and others is an important life skill to teach young people on their journey to adulthood.

Chosen projects will be showcased on the Anglicare WA website and social media channels.

IN-PERSON PRESENTATIONS

Anglicare WA’s It Only Takes One community education initiative is now taking bookings for in-person presentations for year 7 and 8 classes for 2023.

In 2023, we will cover four topics
1. Healthy Relationships
2. Poverty, inequality + homelessness
3. Wellbeing
4. Advocacy project design and implementation

These tailored in-class presentations can be delivered at any time of the school year to fit in with your curriculum and timetables.

Student Feedback

“I could relate to this more in my head and I could go in my own time.”

“The way the information was presented (the videos and the activities) It was interactive. It had short sharp words and information.”

“Learning how to stand up for others without putting yourself in an unsafe situation.”

“That I now know more about the different respectful and disrespectful comments, and to make sure I’m not disrespectful towards others.”

“This module was very helpful, it can hopefully help less confident students to feel stronger and happier at school.”

“I get lots of time and space to understand the information.”

Staff Feedback

“Realistic and relatable material.”

“Was not too long and the information was very clear.”

“E-Learning done as a class with discussion and activities works even better than a presenter coming into the school as the teachers already have a rapport with their class and engagement is higher.”

"The information was easy to understand and informative for students. The interactive activities were also good."

Register your class/school

Contact us for online learning, interactive lessons or to discuss the program.

Tegan O’Rafferty
Community Education Officer
Anglicare WA

0404 853 894
tegan.orafferty@anglicarewa.org.au

It Only Takes One﻿

Young people can be the change they want to see in the world

Topics we cover﻿

Healthy Relationships

HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS GUIDElink

Well-being﻿

WELL-BEING GUIDElink

Poverty, Inequality + Homelessness

POVERTY, INEQUALITY & HOMELESSNESS GUIDElink

3 ways we deliver our programs

1. Online

2. In-person presentation

3. Interactive advocacy + project design

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ONLINE LEARNING INFORMATIONlink

INTERACTIVE ADVOCACY + PROJECT DESIGNlink

IN-PERSON PRESENTATIONSlink

Student Feedback

Staff Feedback

Register your class/school

Contact us for online learning, interactive lessons or to discuss the program.

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It Only Takes One

Topics we cover

HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS GUIDE

Well-being

WELL-BEING GUIDE

POVERTY, INEQUALITY & HOMELESSNESS GUIDE

ONLINE LEARNING INFORMATION

INTERACTIVE ADVOCACY + PROJECT DESIGN

IN-PERSON PRESENTATIONS