Represent the 2027 Youth Parliament Cohort & put your signature on the program through an innovative Youth Governor project!
The Youth Governor serves as the face of the Youth Parliament Program. They will represent the views and opinions of the young people engaged with the Y NSW through advocacy, media interaction and engaging with relevant stakeholders. The Youth Governor will report to the Youth and Child Voice Manager, and will be supported by the Youth Voice Coordinator.
The Youth Governor serves as a positive role model to the participants of the Youth Parliament program, and upholds the Y NSW Values of Safe, Connect and Thrive.
To complete your application, please ensure you submit the following:
**This position is only open to current year 12 participants in the Y NSW Youth Parliament Program**
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
