Career in Youth Work?

Youth work helps young people learn about themselves, others and society, through informal educational activities which combine enjoyment, challenge and learning.

Youth work helps young people learn about themselves, others and society, through informal educational activities which combine enjoyment, challenge and learning. Youth workers work primarily with young people aged between 13 and 19, but may in some cases extend this to those aged 11 to 13 and 19 to 25. Their work seeks to promote young people’s personal and social development and enable them to have a voice, influence and place in their communities and society as a whole.

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Youth work reaches so many young people because it is delivered through a wide range of different organisations and in a variety of different settings. Alongside local authority provision there are many voluntary organisations and groups operating at national, regional and very local levels. These range from uniformed and faith-based groups to community and interest focused groups.

Local authorities, of which there are some 150 in England, are responsible for ensuring that youth work is provided in their area. Increasingly this is managed through a Children and Young People’s Service, or its equivalent, working in partnership with a complex network of other youth work providers, community groups and voluntary organisations.

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Young Researcher Network website
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