About Us and Youth Work
What is youth work?
Youth Work seeks to promote young people’s personal and social development and enable young people to have a voice, an influence and a place in their communities and society as a whole. Youth work aims to help young people gain control of their own lives.
Youth Worker’s build relationships of trust with young people and work with young people to provide a range of opportunities, which are designed to release their potential.
In Herefordshire the Youth Service works with young people from the age of 11-25, with particular emphasis on the13-19 age group.
The Youth Service is a complex network of providers, community groups, voluntary organisations and the local authority working in partnership to deliver services for young people. Partners could also include community safety and drugs, police, town and parish council, teenage pregnancy and many more.
Youth Workers will also provide support and guidance for young people around issues, which are of concern for them individually. They also might act as an advocate on behalf of a young person or provide support to enable a young person to make an informed decision.
How is youth work carried out?
Youth work is carried out in various locations, using a range of approaches. These include:-
- Building-based: youth centres, village halls, community centres and clubs which are operated directly by the local authority or by voluntary and community organisations.
- Detached work: making contact people in their own environments eg parks, shopping centres, the street etc.
- Schools and colleges: youth workers are involved in study support programmes outside normal lessons which young people choose to partake in.
- Youth forums and councils: encouraging young people to learn about and engage in democratic processes to ensure their views form part of the development of policies.
- Specialist projects: focussing on action projects ie the arts, photography, sailing etc.
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Youth Service 2008 Annual Report Calendar
Ofsted Jar Report 2005
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Youth Service Business Plan
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