Engage

PICYS is an open and inclusive community organisation, we pride ourselves on our social inclusion and hearing how people enjoy the positive and welcoming environment and people. 

Our philosophy is not limited to our relationships with young people and their families and friends, it’s a whole of organisation philosophy and includes all our relationships with individual community members, clubs, businesses, professionals, organisations, educational campuses and students. 

You will see from our Annual Reports the many people and organisations involved in actively supporting and participating in our work. 

If you or your family, organisation or club would like to consider joining or supporting PICYS please get in contact through info@picys.org.au or call 08 9388 2791 and make a time to discuss your interest with our staff, we will be pleased to hear from you. 

There are many and varied ways you can support the work of PICYS and we would love to hear from you. Some of the ways you can offer include: 

• Sharing your time and skills and interests 

• Providing donations of items PICYS is seeking to support our work 

• Providing goods or services to PICYS free of charge or at a substantially reduced cost 

• Financial donations to our work, these can be focused to specific purposes. 

• PICYS has Deductable Gift Recipient (DGR) status with the Australian Taxation Office as a Public Benevolent Institution (PBI), meaning donations are tax deductable for individuals and businesses and organisations. 

• Linking other good people to PICYS who may wish to share and support us in any of the ways mentioned above. 

Contact us to discuss ways you can support our work.

PICYS has a small team of paid employees with a low staff turnover yet we are always keen to hear from people who would like to work in Youth Services.

When we have vacancies we promote these through Ethical Jobs and/or SEEK to give broad public access.  We compliment using Ethical Jobs and SEEK by also sharing the advertisement with PEAK organisations such as Youth Affairs Council WA  (YACWA) and WA Association of Mental Health (WAAMH) and Western Australian Council of Social Services (WACOSS).

Students are also welcome to apply for their study placements or internships.  PICYS considers student placements as an important aspect of the Community Services Industry development and the professional development of the student.  PICYS provides a fantastic learning environment with professional and experienced staff.

Volunteers are also welcome, we do have a volunteer’s agreement and code of conduct we enter into with people who may be participating in our operational activities and may have contact with young people engaged with PICYS.

All Staff, students and volunteers are required to provide a recent National Police Clearance, Working with Children’s Check and referees for us to contact.

Remember, everything we do is done in the best interests of the young people, the young person is our primary beneficiary and our focus will be on the best possible outcomes for young people.