Professional Group Facilitation
Our Workshop professionals have years of experience engaging with young people and offer group facilitation for select students at your school.
As Mental Health Professionals with a background in youth work, education, community engagement and youth mental health, The Human Development Workshop are offering specialised engagement for your school with our facilitators.
The Human Development Workshop
Who we are
Kate Wilde
Kate is an educator, counsellor and development worker with over twenty years experience working with young people, their families and communities.
After working in outdoor education and at an indigenous drop-in centre in South Australia Kate spent five years at Manningham Youth & Family Services as a counsellor and Programs Coordinator. After a spell in the Yarra Ranges as Youth Programs Coordinator for Upper Yarra Community House she founded ‘The Workshop’ with Richard Williams and has gone on to become a highly respected provider of programs to agencies, schools, refugee groups, LGA’s and community organizations running workshops on diversity, leadership, mental health, adolescent development, and other relevant topics. Kate is an engaging facilitator of parent/carer and community forums and sought after conference speaker and facilitator. She also maintains a small counselling practice working with young people and their families.
Josh Horan
Josh is a Facilitator with the Human Development Workshop. He also works as a Student Wellbeing Leader and was previously a teacher with over 10 years of experience in the Victorian education system.
Josh began his facilitation and counselling experience at a US summer camp in 2011 & 2014 before he completed his Bachelor of Education in 2015. After completing his degree, Josh briefly taught English as a second language while travelling South East Asia.
Josh returned to Australia to continue his teaching career and began working as a Physical Education teacher at a local primary school. Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic, Josh established a YouTube presence and founded PE with Josh. He found a need for wellbeing support with many of his students (and himself) and found a passion for social and emotional learning during this time. In response, he developed online health and wellbeing content for students, school staff and their families. In recognition of this initiative, he was the recipient of the Teaching Excellence Award for the Eastern Melbourne Region in 2020.
In 2023, Josh completed his postgraduate degree in Youth Mental Health at The University of Melbourne and began working at The Human Development Workshop the same year.
Communication and connection are key to Josh’s personal and professional approach, as he aims to make a difference so that school communities are capable of supporting positive mental health outcomes for young people.
Kyla Stephens
Kyla is a Youth Support worker who likes to laugh at her own jokes so no one else has to. She has years of experience working with people of all ages living with disability.
She found herself to be particularly fond of working with young people. While completing a Diploma of Community Services, Kyla became part of the team after completing her placement with us.
She wishes to stand alongside young people to build resilience, a sense of belonging and reliable life skills. Kyla also desires to complete further study in the Social Work Sector.
Rohan Joshi
Rohan is a youth facilitator and caseworker with over three years' experience working alongside migrant and refugee young people. He has delivered community-based programs, school workshops, and youth camps that build confidence, leadership and connection.
Rohan brings a calm, warm presence to his work, and believes in meeting young people where they’re at—with empathy, curiosity, and the occasional bad joke.
CLIENTS
Who we’ve worked with:
SCHOOLS
Ashburton Primary School
Auburn High School
Beverly Hills Primary School
Black Rock Primary School
Boronia Heights Primary School
Boronia K-12 College
Box Hill Senior Secondary College
Brauer College Warrnambool
Buln Buln Primary School
Carranballac College
Chirnside Park Primary School
Christ the King Primary School (Geelong)
Cranbourne East Secondary College
Croydon Community School
Diamond Creek Primary School
Doncaster Primary School
Doncaster Secondary College
Fairfield Primary School
FCJ Benalla
Footscray Primary School
Footscray City Primary School
Frankston East Primary School
Great Ryrie Primary School
Holy Trinity Primary School (Eltham)
Ivanhoe East Primary School
Kent Park Primary School
Kingsley Park Primary School
Knox Gardens Primary School
Koonung Secondary College
Marlborough Primary School
Melba College
Mentone Girls Secondary School
Minaret College
Monbulk Secondary College
Montmorency Primary School
Mullauna Secondary College
Our Lady of the Pines Primary School
Pakenham Secondary College
Regency Park Primary School
Ringwood Heights Primary School
Solway Primary School
St. Anne’s Primary School (Kew)
St. Bede’s Primary School (Balwyn)
St. Bridget’s Primary School
St. Charles Borromeo Primary School
St. Martins of Tours Primary School
St. Peter Julian Eymard Primary School
Swinburne Senior Secondary College
Templestowe College
Templestowe Valley Primary School
The Patch Primary School
Upwey Secondary College
Warrandyte High School
Watsonia North Primary School
COMMUNITY AGENCIES
Centre for Multicultural Youth
City of Knox
City of Maroondah
City of Monash
City of Whitehorse
EACH
Hobsons Bay City Council
Hume City Council
Family Life
Interchange Outer East
Manningham City Council
Mildura Rural City Council
Rotary
School Focused Youth Services
Swinburne University of Technology
The Migrant Information Centre (Eastern Region)
VicSRC (Victorian Student Representative Council)