Youth Advisory Group

The Youth Advisory Group (YAG) is the peak consumer advisory group for young people who use services at Child and Adolescent Community Health and Perth Children’s Hospital.

The YAG brings diverse perspectives and lived experience of being a young person into high-level clinical and corporate projects and members provide advice, direction and advocacy from a consumer perspective for the planning, design, delivery, measurement and evaluation of systems and services.

The YAG meets monthly. Its main duties are to:

  • Support shared decision making in direct care
  • Identify consumer issues
  • Champion the role of lived experience representatives
  • Provide a young person’s perspective on service and strategic priorities
  • Be involved in design and delivery of staff education and training
  • Provide a link to other community groups

For more information about the Youth Advisory Group email CAHS.Consumers@health.wa.gov.au.

The Youth Advisory Group is made up of passionate young people who are:

  • aged between 12-23 years
  • currently live in WA
  • have used Perth Children's Hospital or Child and Adolescent Community Health services (public school health nurse, Child Development Service)
  • want to improve health services for children and young people in WA
  • have confidence to speak up and share thoughts and ideas
  • are motivated and willing to be part of extra activities outside of the meetings
  • have connections with other young people (e.g. through community groups, schools, clubs)

Raise an issue

If you have an issue you would like the Youth Advisory Group to consider, please complete this online form.

Apply to join the Youth Advisory Group

You can apply at any time.

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For more information about the Youth Advisory Group, email CAHS.Consumers@health.wa.gov.au 

Last Updated: 24/06/2024