The range of work with young people

This free course, The range of work with young people, identifies some features that we might use to describe the various settings where work with young people takes place. This encourages us to identify similarities and differences between settings. It then introduces some theoretical perspectives to help us review these settings and thus understand more about the experience for young people and workers. Finally, it uses these perspectives to analyse examples of different settings, relating the theoretical ideas to the realities of practice.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 Describing and reflecting
• 1 Describing and reflecting
• 2 Describing practice
• 2 Describing practice
• ‘Family resemblances’ between practices
• Examining diversity
• The CWDC audit of work with young people
• 3 Reflecting on practice
• 3 Reflecting on practice
• Informal education
• Other aspects of work with young people
• Different traditions and their influence today
• A spectrum of youth work practice
• Changing understandings of work with young people
• Conclusion
• References
• Acknowledgements