L3 Diploma in youth work Unit 1

When young teens get involved with gangs they pretty much throw their lives away because they leave school and frequently get arrested taking away any hope of getting a real job and honest living.

This research used surveys, and the combination of the statistics obtained with those obtained from other research carried out prior to the research. The survey involved filling out of questionnaires distributed to several juvenile volunteers. The survey was an open one, where anybody who had juvenile experience could help in the survey. Thus, social workers and youth leaders were crucial respondents in the survey. Those that felt the survey was

By allowing them to be a part of their care planning they can see the support required and the impact of their own decisions on their goals.

2.3 –Demonstrate ways of supporting children and young people to take responsibility for their own health, safety and security.

The government also established the contemporary Youth Justice System and the Youth board a non-departmental public body, which was given the overall responsibility for the youth justice and creates interdisciplinary including with police, social services working within a framework to end youth offending. The (CDA) placed a statutory responsibility on all those who work with the youth justice system to gives consideration to the main aim of preventing offending in children and young people this was the set of objective for managing young people, and identified those as at risk of offending (Goldson, 2000 cited in Byrne and Brooks

Explain the importance of balancing the needs and rights of individual children and young people with the needs and rights of others. (3 marks)

Task 3: demonstrate how to support children and young people in making choices for themselves.

Explain the changes faced by young people as they move from childhood into adulthood in relation to their: freedoms, rights and responsibilities.

Youth Justice Workers – These teams work as a bridge between schools and communities to help prevent children and young people becoming offenders.

According to Stanford children's Health, to help encourage positive and healthy cognitive development in the adolescent, the adolescents should be included in discussions about a variety of topics, issues, and current events. Likewise, encourage adolescents to share ideas and thoughts

Youth justice is a creature of historical development. The structure of the industry is full of dominant philosophies which have seeped into the foundations, which still monopolise and govern contemporary practice and although new perspectives have emerged over the recent history, it is necessary to trace the evolution over the last century to understand the logic behind the practice.

My placement took place in an open custody and detention center for young women. Working with youth is an interesting and overall very rewarding experience. No day is alike and problems vary from clothing issues to serious family situations. As a frontline youth worker it is your duty to help and guide youth through these very tough situations.

First, all 21 practitioners identified goals and activities for their programs. Common goals included providing a safe environment and developing academic and social-emotional skills. These goals are in line with features of youth programs that can promote positive youth development (Eccles & Gootman, 2002). However, these were program level goals. Some work has shown practitioners do not have specific goals for their

RAMSI is a regional assistance mission co-ordinated by Australia and supported by 15 other nations in the Pacific Islands that has had positive effects on safety in the Solomon Islands, specifically Honiara. As well as having positive effects on safety, RAMSI also assisted in saving the Solomon Islands from economic collapse. This mission has had effects on both young people from the Solomon Islands and from the nations supporting the Solomon Islands, specifically Australians. This report will go on to identify these effects on young people and services that support them. It will then recognize how any negative effects are being combated by the youth work agencies in Honiara. Once this report has identified areas youth work

Most of the problems facing today’s youth are not restricted to any one ethnic or religious group, but affect young people generally. Most discussions on youth have focussed on issues such as drug abuse, crime, violence, sexuality and poverty. In addition to these, today’s youth are afflicted by new challenges.