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facing moral professional dilemma
Erwerb von fach- und bereichsspezifischen Kompetenzen
This brought into question for many youth workers the principle of voluntary participation which underlines youth work. The study found that youth workers, operating from a place of voluntary participation for all young people, faced moral professional dilemmas at times when they really questioned as a practitioner if the young person was engaging of their own free will or if pressure had been applied and they felt forced to engage; ‘They're saying that the young people have to be involved at the meetings and there's up roar if they're not. And they have to be here [...] they're not getting a choice. For me to hear that is a bit strange, coming from a youth work background where you would never force young people to do something that they don't want to do. So, knowing them to be up here on whatever given day and full of just being themselves, and then to be sitting at a meeting and they are absolutely fuming, they don't want to be there, crossing their arms, no, no I want to go. It's not a nice place to see them in’ (Youth Worker 14).
Beschreibung der Aktivität
Meithal model implemented across Ireland as part of The Child and Family Agency's, Prevention Partnership and Family Support Programme
The Meitheal model is currently being implemented across Ireland as part of The Child and Family Agency's, Prevention Partnership and Family Support Programme. This programme aims to act as a common approach for agencies to work with children, young people and families to identify and meet needs at a community level and before they progress into child protection services (Crawley, Simring, Harrison, Landy, & Gillen, 2014). The Meitheal process is underpinned by the principles of family support; voluntary participation needs led, strengths based, and inclusive (Cassidy, Devaney, & Mc Gregor, 2016). Youth Work as a sector providing services to young people aged 10–24 years has been named in recent government policies as playing a vital role in achieving better outcomes for young people (DCYA, 2014). Through this recognition at policy level, Youth Work has been invited to participate in and is currently an active stakeholder in Meitheal. Meitheal is a child-centred model which considers the needs and strengths of a child or young person to build a team (Meitheal Group) around a child that will respond to the specific needs of each child. The needs of the child will indicate who is best placed to take part in the Meitheal Group (Tusla, 2018). Youth workers will contribute to a Meitheal if the needs of the young person can be responded to by a professional youth worker. These needs for example can include advocacy, support, and engagement in interest based/needs led developmental youth work programmes. Further to this youth work can provide the opportunity for a young person to engage in a safe, fun and supportive environment with their peers outside of the home or formal education setting.
Irland
The age range of participants was from 28 to 55 years.
PraktikerInnen/ JugendarbeiterInnen/ MentorInnen Einrichtungen/ Träger der Kinder- und Jugendarbeit
Evaluierung der Aktivität
Semi-structured interviews were chosen as the method of qualitative data collection for this research, as interviews enable the researcher to actively engage with the participant listening to their views, gaining a greater understanding of how they perceive and understand an issue (Silverman & Patterson, 2015). A draft interview schedule was devised based on a comprehensive literature review. A pilot study was carried out with two youth workers that provided feedback on the content, language and appropriateness of the interview schedule Minor changes in sentence structure and grouping were carried out for the interview questions. Interviews were conducted face to face and lasted approximately 45 min. All interviews were recorded on a Dictaphone and transcribed into a word document for the purposes of data analysis.
Semi structured interviews were conducted with 16 practitioners from the Youth Work field. Participants were from six of the nine projects originally contacted.
USA
Journal-Artikel
Healy, M., & Rodriguez, L. (2019). Listen to them! The challenge of capturing the true voice of young people within early intervention and prevention models; a youth work perspective. Children and Youth Services Review, 96, 27–33.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.11.027
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.11.027
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