Youth And Social Work Case Study

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Youth and Community Development and Social Work Theories and Perspectives
Examine the development of youth work in the UK and compare it with another country of your choice

Titus Moono
Siaka K. Dibba
Assignment
Autumn 2014
Diaconia University of Applied Sciences
Helsinki Unit
Degree Program in Social Services

1. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH WORK 3
2. PURPOSE OF YOUTH WORK 5
3. VALUES OF YOUTH WORK 6
4. ETHICS OF YOUTH WORK 7
5. TYPES OF YOUTH WORK 8
5.1 Centre-based youth work 8
5.2 Faith-based youth work 8
5.3 Detached youth work 8
5.4 School-based youth work 9
6. CURRENT CHALLENGES FOR YOUTH WORK 9 1. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH WORK
According to the United Nations, a youth is defined as a person between the age …show more content…

According to the cur-rent Youth Act of Finland (27.1.2006/72), youth work should aim at “supporting young people’s growth and independence, promoting young people’s active citizenship and empowerment, and improving their growth and living conditions”. The central values for the youth work are communality, solidarity, equity and equality, multiculturalism and internationality, healthy life styles and respect of life and the environment. This in turn helps young people develop holistically, personally, socially, and educationally. This is similar also in UK were youth work is designed for the purpose of aiding and enhancing the personal and social development of young persons through their voluntary participa-tion, and which complements their formal, academic, or vocational education and train-ing; and also provided primarily by local authorities and voluntary youth work …show more content…

They are both intend-ed to support growth and development of the youth. This maybe formal or informal, regardless of that, its main purpose is to achieve the intended goals which include young people selecting to participate; catering the opinion of young people’s view of the world, treating young people with respect, helping to develop their skills and attitudes rather than remedy problem of bad behaviors. Also its about supporting youth develop strong-er relationships and collective identities; respecting and valuing differences promoting their

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