MINDYI – Mental Health Training in YI: open call for trainers and YIW

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2025

MINDYI – Mental Health Training in YI: open call for trainers and YIW

28 September – 4 October 2025

Topic
Mental health

Place
Zagreb, Croatia

Are you passionate about promoting mental health and well-being of young people? Are you working to ensure that youth have access to reliable, accessible and youth-friendly information on available mental health services and support?

Partners in the project ‘’Do you mind?“ are pleased to invite experienced ERYICA Trainers and Youth Information Workers (YIWs) to take part in ToT dedicated to strengthening youth information provision and mental health support. 

Focus of the Training:

• Strengthening mental health literacy among youth through quality information services

• Enhancing the capacity of youth workers and YIWs to provide, refer and promote existing mental health services and programs

• Developing and sharing best practices in addressing mental health in youth information work

• Promoting safe, non-judgmental spaces for young people seeking support or guidance

Questions? 

Contact osijek@proni.hr 

We are looking forward to your application and working together to improve Youth Information support towards young people's mental health needs across Europe. 

• participants profile

  ERYICA Trainers

  • Certified ERYICA Trainers, preferably with:

    • Experience in delivering Yintro or similar courses

    • Knowledge of youth mental health topics and youth participation

    • Familiarity with information outreach strategies, tools and networks 

  Youth Information Workers (YIWs)

  • Active in youth information centres or youth work services 

  • Experienced in:

    • Providing information on mental health services to young people

    • Collaborating with mental health providers, institutions or campaigns

    • Navigating and promoting national or local support systems for youth 

  • Motivated to share good practices and co-develop approaches with peers from across Europe 

• Application process

  Application process

  Please submit the following at this Google Form by 18 July 2025:

  1. Short motivation (max. 1500 characters) outlining your experience in YIW and mental health-related work 

  2. A paragraph responding to the following questions:

     1. What's your experience in youth info work?

     2. How are you related to mental health in youth info work?

     3. What is your motivation to participate in this training?

     4. How will you use the training knowledge in your daily work related to mental health in youth info work?

  3. For trainers: A copy of your ERYICA Trainers certificate 

  4. Any relevant description or examples of your work (max. 5000 characters)

• Why participate?

  • Strengthening your skills and knowledge in mental health-related youth information provision

  • Exchange of experiences and tools with other professionals from across Europe

  • Contribute to testing and further development of high-quality, youth-centred training programs (both off and online) that will be certified by ERYICA