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The SAGE Handbook of Youth Work Practice showcases the value of professional work with young people as it is practiced in diverse forms in locations around the world. The editors have brought together an international team of contributors who reflect the wide range of approaches that identify as youth work, and the even wider range of approaches that identify variously as community work or community development work with young people, youth programmes, and work with young people within care, development and (informal) education frameworks. The Handbook is structured to explore histories, current practice and future directions: Part One: 'Youth Work' and Approaches to Professional Work with Young People Part Two: Professional Work With Young People: Projects and Practices to Inspire Part Three: Values and Ethics in Work with Young People Part Four: Current Challenges and Hopes for the Future
Youth Work in England: A Profession with a Future?
Youth Work in England: A Profession with a Future?
In 2010 youth work in England1 joined the range of occupations requiring a university honours degree. In youth work’s case this was additional to a professional qualification validated by the National Youth Agency (NYA) and recognised by the Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC).2 The requirement for an honours degree added to youth work’s status as a profession and set it alongside other graduate jobs such as school teaching and social work. At the same time, other initiatives towards professionalisation were made. In 2013 the Institute of Youth Work (IYW) was established purporting to offer ‘a voice in the changing times our ...
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