This popular textbook gives students a practical understanding of the broad range of skills they will need during the course of their studies and throughout their youth work career.
Topics covered include:
– Reaching out to young people
– Developing young people′s participation
– Working in different settings
– Bringing young people together
– Practice placements
The new edition will be essential reading for all foundation and undergraduate students of youth work. It will also be a valuable resource for qualified health, social care and education professionals who wish to understand the intricacies of working with young people.
Inhoudsopgave
PART ONE: BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
Understanding Youth Work
Locating Youth Work in Different Settings
Reaching Out
Establishing Voluntary Relationships
PART TWO: WORKING TOGETHER
Bringing Young People Together
Having Fun
Working on Issues
Sustaining Growth in Groups
Enhancing Young People′s Participation
PART THREE: SUSTAINING DEVELOPMENT
Developing a Project Proposal
Managing a Project
Organising Student Placements
Using Supervision
Over de auteur
Kate Sapin has been Programme Director of Community and Youth Work courses at the University of Manchester for the past 23 years.