Blog Post 1

Seven Characteristics

Youth Work

Educational Practices  

"Youth work" involves Educational practices!

Youth workers, are educators that help young people develop skills by helping them mentally and physically. For instance, they offer them additional support in after school programs, and in the community. It prepares students in the school systems to become leaders. When the young people are involved they are learning. Young people that youth workers serve daily are always learning! For instance, in after school setting the students are not only receiving extended help in their school work. In the after school program students are learning how to build relationships and engage with their peers too. When they learn social skills in the after school setting they hold that experience where ever they go.

Youth work is a social practice

Youth work is a social practice because it gives young people the opportunity to associate with their peers, Wood stated in the article. The organization that I previously worked in, the YMCA of greater Providence. A after school was held every day after school. This after school program allows students to interact with each other in different activities. This is allowing the students to not only learn about their interests but their peers too. 

Youth Work Actively challenge inequality and work toward social justice. 

It is important for young students to learn about what is going in the community. Youth workers can have young people learn about it by keeping them up to date with the news. Youth workers may connect with young people by challenging them and doing different projects. For instance, projects that may challenge them to learn about what is going on around them or in the world.

Where young people choose to be involved 

Young people choose to be involved in the community with youth workers. As stated in the article young people, are choose to engage in the community with youth workers. Young people choose to be involved because there is variety of different activities that are held by the youth workers.

Young work seeks to strengthen the voice and influence of influence

Youth work gives young people an opportunity to speak their mind. In the article it states that the youth workers influence the young people to use their voice too. (By empowering participation, active citizenship and engagement)

Youth work is a welfare practice

Youth work is a welfare practice that helps young people with low income families and not enough resources. It is important to have different organizations that is led by youth workers to give them the extended school time and additional resources.

Youth work works with young people “holistically"Youth work helps young people deal with problems that they may also have outside of school. Youth workers have the power to talk to parents and discussing goals that their like their child to achieve. .