Youth Work Practice

Höfundar: Tony Jeffs; Mark K. Smith (Útgáfa: 2)
Youth Work Practice

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A contemporary reflection on current practice, this book gets to the heart of what 'youth work' is about. It provides an in-depth overview and analysis of practice,addressing the many experiences of working with young people through insightful chapters written by practitioners themselves.

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Útgefandi
Bloomsbury UK
ISBN
9781350314214
Print ISBN
9780230543027
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
2
Höfundar
Tony Jeffs; Mark K. Smith
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2010-01-06
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
100
Prent takmörkun
10
Afritunar takmörkun
10

Kaflar

  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on contributors
  • A note on terms
  • 1. Introducing youth work
  • What is youth work?
  • The benefits of youth work
  • The changing context
  • Changing policies and structures
  • The way forward
  • In conclusion
  • 2. Relationships, friendship and youth work
  • Relationships and youth work
  • Friendship
  • In conclusion
  • 3. Engaging in conversation
  • Ways of talking
  • Trusting in conversation
  • Forms of talk
  • The place of self
  • Space
  • In conclusion
  • 4. Being with an other as a professional practitioner: uncovering the nature of working with individuals
  • Clearing the ground
  • Choosing your role
  • Finding the setting
  • Building a working alliance
  • Resources – using theory
  • Resources – understanding and using feelings
  • Pressure to act
  • In conclusion
  • 5. ‘The cultivation of gifts in all directions’: thinking about purpose
  • Models of youth work
  • Youth work as informal education: a reflexive account
  • The purpose of youth work: ‘cultivating gifts in all directions’
  • In conclusion: an empowering approach to work with young people
  • 6. Programmes, programming and practice
  • Uniqueness of youth work
  • Dividing time
  • Purpose and planning
  • Putting it all together
  • Planning and programming
  • In conclusion
  • 7. Activities in youth work
  • A starting point
  • Education and learning through activities
  • Theories and models in activities – how does it happen?
  • Evaluating activities
  • Challenges and issues in activity-based work
  • Dangers and risks
  • In conclusion
  • 8. Advising and mentoring
  • What is advice?
  • Place of advice within youth work
  • What is mentoring?
  • Why mentoring?
  • Peer mentoring
  • Learning mentors
  • In conclusion
  • 9. Enhancing group life and association
  • Joining in
  • Group work
  • Association
  • Fostering group life and association
  • In conclusion
  • 10. Working with faith
  • Towards an understanding
  • Historical perspective
  • Faith-based youth work
  • A spiritual age – youth work’s response
  • An expanding business – the employment of faith-based workers
  • Some examples from practice
  • Working with faith – some closing thoughts
  • 11. Managing and developing youth work
  • Organisational frameworks
  • Vision, leadership and direction
  • Key tasks for youth work managers
  • In conclusion
  • 12. Sustaining ourselves and our enthusiasm
  • Knowing yourself
  • Maintaining intellectual and emotional development
  • Management
  • Boundaries and burnout
  • When you’ve had enough, stop, and try something else . . .
  • And finally remaining hopeful
  • 13. Monitoring and evaluating youth work
  • Youth work and the new managerialism
  • What do youth services and agencies need to do?
  • What do youth workers need to do?
  • How can we go forward?
  • In conclusion
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index