Dilemmas in Youth Work and Youth Development Practice by Laur... - 9781138843950

Taylor & Francis

Dilemmas in Youth Work and Youth Development PracticeAuthor(s): Laurie Ross, Shane Capra, Lindsay Carpenter, Julia Hubbell, Kathrin Walker\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138843950, 978-1138843950\nSynopsis\nThe fundamental aim of youth work is to build trusting and mutually respectful relationships with young people, creating transformative experiences for young people in formal and informal spaces outside of homes and schools. These complex and multidimensional situations mean that the day-to-day work of youth workers is full of dilemmas, pitting moral, developmental, motivational, organizational, and other concerns against each other.\n\nBy showing how different youth workers respond to a variety of such dilemmas, this authentic text makes visible youth workers unique knowledge and skills, and explores how to work with challenging situations from the everyday to the extraordinary. Beginning by setting out a .