Sunday, September 4, 2016

CHARACTERISTICS OF YOUTH WORK

THE SEVEN CHARACTERISTICS OF YOUTH WORK IN THIS CHAPTER IS AS FOLLOWS "YOUTH WORK IS IN EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE". INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK WITH YOUTH TEND TO EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE IN A INFORMED MANNER. BY DOING THIS YOUTH WILL POTENTIALLY FAIL MORE COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT WHILE BEING EDUCATED. THIS TECHNIQUE WILL ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN A SAVE ENVIRONMENT THAT THE YOUTH WORKERS PROVIDE.

"YOUTH WORK IS A SOCIAL PRACTICE" MEANING THAT YOUTH WILL PEER TOGETHER WITH YOUNG PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN RELATE TO. THEY MAY HAVE A CONNECTION TO THESE INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SAME INTEREST. YOUTH WORKERS WILL  ENGAGE IN SUCH GROUPS TO GUIDE THE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS WITH SOCIAL AND PERSONAL SKILLS. THESE SKILLS MAY ENCOURAGE THE YOUNG TO ACT APPROPRIATELY AMONG THEMSELVES AND OTHERS. 


"YOUTH WORKERS ACTIVELY CHALLENGE INEQUALITY AND WORK TOWARDS SOCIAL JUSTICE."IN THIS REGARD, YOUTH WORKERS ARE PLACED IN YOUNG PEOPLES LIFE TO IMPLICATE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL BEING OF THERE DISADVANTAGES THEY MAY BE FACED WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

"YOUTH WORK SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN THE VOICE AND INFLUENCE OF YOUNG PEOPLE." FOR EXAMPLE, WHILE GROUPING AT THE CALCUTT MIDDLE SCHOOL AFTER AN ACTIVITY, WHICH ALWAYS INVOLVED THE GROUP. THE QUESTION ASKED TO THE GROUP OF STUDENTS. WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM THIS ACTIVITY? ONE STUDENT STATED THAT BEING PART OF THE YOUTH GROUP MADE HIM FEEL CONFIDENT IN BEING A POSITIVE ROLL MODEL FOR THE STUDENTS IN HIS SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY. 

"YOUTH WORK IS A WELFARE PRACTICE." THIS ASPECT REFERS TO PROVIDING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOUTH USUALLY RESIDE IN IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES. 


"YOUTH WORK WORKS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE HOLISTICALLY."YOUTH WORKERS ENSURE POSITIVE RESULTS WHILE ASSISTING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE CHALLENGES THAT ALL YOUNG PEOPLE FACE. WHILE THEY MAKE CHANGE IN THEIR SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT.

"WHERE POSSIBLE, YOUNG PEOPLE CHOOSE TO BE INVOLVED." YOUTH WORKERS TEND TO MEET WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IN SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS WHICH IS USUALLY A SAFE HAVEN FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF WORKING TOGETHER IN SMALLER SPACES. YOUNG PEOPLE MAKE THE EXECUTIVE DECISION TO ATTEND THESE GROUPS. THIS IS USUALLY NOT A FORCED PROGRAM SO YOUNG PEOPLE ARE OPEN TO THE COMMUNICATIONS AMONG THEMSELVES AND THE YOUTH WORKERS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THEIR LIVES.

This is my interpretation of the seven characteristics of youth work, by Jason Wood, Sue Westwood and Gill Thompson

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