Youth Work: Histories, Policy and Contexts

ISBN-13: 9781137434395 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 280 str.

Graham Bright

Opis

This introduction to youth work presents important questions facing the field by exploring both the history of youth work practice and its contemporary contexts. Drawing on work by established and newer voices in the field, the book reviews how the profession has evolved offering a fresh and relevant overview of the field.

Spis treści

Introduction; G.Bright 1. The Emergence of Youth Work: Philanthropy and Voluntarism; G.Bright 2. State Beneficence or Government Control? Youth Work from Circular 1486 to 1996; S.Bradford 3. In the Service of the State: Youth Work Under New Labour;  H.Sercombe 4. Volunteers and Entrepreneurs? Youth Work and the Big Society; T.de St Croix 5. Local Authority Youth Work; P.Norris and C.Pugh 6. Youth Work in the Voluntary Sector; I.Buchroth and M.Husband 7. Uniformed Youth Work; J.Roberts 8.Youth Work and the Church; G.Bright and D.Bailey 9. Questioning 'Muslim Youth': Categorisation and Marginalisation; B.Belton 10. Re-locating Detached Youth Work; M.Whelan 11.Youth Work and Schools; A.Coburn and S.Gormally 12.Youth Work in Digital Spaces; J.Melvin 13. In Search of Soul: Where Now for Youth and Community Work?; Graham Bright.

O autorze

Graham Bright is Senior Lecturer in Childhood and Youth Studies and Youth and Community Work at York St John University, UK

Blurb

Youth work is a means of promoting learning, equality and inclusion with young people. It is an incredibly rewarding profession; however, diffuse state regulation means that youth work students and practitioners must continuously wrestle with the challenges of contemporary practice in environments that are complex and changing.

This book brings together a collection of voices to speak to these concerns. Drawing on the history of the profession, each chapter focuses on a different aspect of policy and practice. Chapters explore the impact of New Labour; the changes that came with the coalition government; youth work in the voluntary sector, and youth work in a digital world. Graham Bright concludes with a powerful reflection on what the future holds for the profession. Each chapter features 'Over to You' activity boxes which invite readers to engage collaboratively in developing and applying ideas, with case studies which link discussion to real life examples.

This is an important book for students, practitioners and lecturers in the field of youth and community work and related practice with children and young people.