JEP has three strategic focus areas:

• Youth Service within Community Development
  
  Through youth service programmes we assist young people to be involved in the reconstruction and development of their own communities and in doing so, change their own lives. Another aim is to assist young people to access and create viable oppurtunities for themselves and to mobilise communities to provide a caring, nurturing environment for young people. In this way we locate youth development within broader community development
  

• Advocacy and Knowledge Development
  
  Our Advocacy and Knowledge Development work focuses on sharing and documenting JEP's learning and experiences so as to influence the formulation of policy and programmes of key National and Provincial Government departments.
  

• Training of Service Providers
  
  This focuses on developing and sharing knowledge with other youth services providers and to specifically train others in ways of implementing more effective youth development programmes.