‘A’ LEVEL ATTACHMENT PROGRAMME AT RIPAS HOSPITAL

YOUTH WORKER

by 10T - MSPSBS

- Youth worker is a person that works with young people to engage them in informal education

- Youth work also means a planned program of education designed for the personal and social development of young persons through their voluntary participation and which complements their formal, academic or vocational education and training

What does Youth Worker do

• Guide and support young people (between the ages of 11-25) in their personal, social and educational development to help them reach their full potential in society.

• Responsible for planning, organizing and overseeing community programs designed to redress inequalities.

What are their responsibilities for this job

• Providing advocacy and counseling

• preparing and distributing publicity materials and displays

• Promoting young people’s interests

• Undertaking detached ‘outreach’ youth workers

• Recruiting, training and supervising volunteers and paid employees

Advantages of youth worker

• gets to help younger people cope with problems

• help children and teens boost their self esteem

• assure teens and younger children that they are not alone and there is always someone there to listen

• doesn’t have you stuck working at a desk doing paper work all day

• helps the youth realize people can make a difference in someone’s life

• gives you the opportunity to see what’s going on in the youths world or lives nowadays

Skills that youth worker should have

• Organization

• Verbal and communication skills

• Maturity

• Reliability

• Responsibility

• Resilience