Program provider: 16 YARDS
16 Yards helps students who face tough times see their strengths and reach their goals. Their mentors have faced tough times too, and some have been involved with the justice system. They meet with students each week to build trust, learn new skills, and plan their futures.
Program description
The Early Intervention Program for Schools is a 12 week group program for high school aged boys. The program is for boys who are not settled in their learning and may be:
- Disengaging from class
- Missing school
- Negatively influenced by peers
- Testing boundaries with staff
- Engaging in, or at risk of, anti-social behaviour
- Experiencing contact with the justice system.
The program focuses on:
- Understanding behaviour and decision-making
- Recognising strengths beneath behaviour
- Building self-awareness and control
- Dealing with anger, pride and pressure
- Resisting and shifting peer influence
- Understanding the realities and consequences of offending/anti-social lifestyles
- Redirecting impulses and energies into pro-social activities
- Introducing direction, goal setting and aspiration that feels achievable.
The program is led by 16 Yards consultants who have lived experience of the justice system and school disengagement.
Consultants are supported by 16 Yards CEOs Shayne Hood and Dr Stephane Shepheard. Shayne is a Westpac Scholar and Stephane is a Professor of Forensic Psychology. They are both experts in strengths-based practice.
Intended outcomes
- Improved school engagement and attendance (1)
- Improved goal setting and positive routines (13)
- Increased sense of belonging and inclusion (4)
- Interactions with positive role models (6)
- Improved confidence, motivation and self-belief (7)
- Better self-management and positive choices (12)
Program details
| Target audience | Secondary school students (boys and young men) |
|---|---|
| Delivery window | During school hours |
| Program duration | 12 weeks |
| Group size | Minimum: 8 Maximum: 12 Maximum of 4-5 running concurrently |
| Geographic availability | Banyule, Bayside, Boroondara, Brimbank, Cardinia, Casey, Darebin, Frankston, Glen Eira, Greater Dandenong, Hobsons Bay, Hume, Kingston, Knox, Manningham, Melbourne, Melton, Merri-Bek, Monash, Moonee Valley, Mornington Peninsula, Nilumbuk, Port Philip, Stonnington, Whitehorse, Whittlesea, Yarra, Wyndham, Yarra Ranges, Greater Geelong, |
| Delivery setting | School-based with opportunities for off-site excursions |
| Program availability | 2026 – 2029 during term |
| Provider notes and assumptions | This program requires:
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| Suitable for specialist schools and settings | Yes (flexible learning schools and alternative learning environments) |
| Program category | Mentoring |
| Procurement category | Mentoring - Term program - Wellbeing and personal development [bespoke] |
| Program contact | Name: Stephane Shepherd/Shayne Hood |
| Link to external website | 16 Yards |
| Provider has Betray of Trust Insurance | Yes |
| Supervision and duty of care | School to confirm supervision requirements and duty of care arrangements with provider when booking. |
Core program costs
| Activity | Total cost (ex GST) | Total cost (inc GST) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 core program facilitators | $9,600.00 | $10,560.00 | 12 weeks at $400.00 (Ex GST) per week |
| Guest facilitators | $1,800.00 | $1,980.00 | 6 guest speakers at $300.00 (Ex GST) per session |
| Brokerage | $2,160.00 | $2,376.00 | ($15 (Ex GST) per week per participant |
| Administration | $1,846.15 | $2,030.76 | $80,000.00 (Ex GST) pro-rata at 0.1 FTE |
| Individualised Program Design, Safety Oversight, Supervision and Risk Management, Model Integration | $9,000.00 | $9,900.00 |
Additional costs or optional extras
Nil
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