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• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Notes on contributors
• A note on terms
• 1. Introducing youth work
• What is youth work?
• The benefits of youth work
• The changing context
• Changing policies and structures
• The way forward
• In conclusion
• 2. Relationships, friendship and youth work
• Relationships and youth work
• Friendship
• In conclusion
• 3. Engaging in conversation
• Ways of talking
• Trusting in conversation
• Forms of talk
• The place of self
• Space
• In conclusion
• 4. Being with an other as a professional practitioner: uncovering the nature of working with individuals
• Clearing the ground
• Choosing your role
• Finding the setting
• Building a working alliance
• Resources – using theory
• Resources – understanding and using feelings
• Pressure to act
• In conclusion
• 5. ‘The cultivation of gifts in all directions’: thinking about purpose
• Models of youth work
• Youth work as informal education: a reflexive account
• The purpose of youth work: ‘cultivating gifts in all directions’
• In conclusion: an empowering approach to work with young people
• 6. Programmes, programming and practice
• Uniqueness of youth work
• Dividing time
• Purpose and planning
• Putting it all together
• Planning and programming
• In conclusion
• 7. Activities in youth work
• A starting point
• Education and learning through activities
• Theories and models in activities – how does it happen?
• Evaluating activities
• Challenges and issues in activity-based work
• Dangers and risks
• In conclusion
• 8. Advising and mentoring
• What is advice?
• Place of advice within youth work
• What is mentoring?
• Why mentoring?
• Peer mentoring
• Learning mentors
• In conclusion
• 9. Enhancing group life and association
• Joining in
• Group work
• Association
• Fostering group life and association
• In conclusion
• 10. Working with faith
• Towards an understanding
• Historical perspective
• Faith-based youth work
• A spiritual age – youth work’s response
• An expanding business – the employment of faith-based workers
• Some examples from practice
• Working with faith – some closing thoughts
• 11. Managing and developing youth work
• Organisational frameworks
• Vision, leadership and direction
• Key tasks for youth work managers
• In conclusion
• 12. Sustaining ourselves and our enthusiasm
• Knowing yourself
• Maintaining intellectual and emotional development
• Management
• Boundaries and burnout
• When you’ve had enough, stop, and try something else . . .
• And finally remaining hopeful
• 13. Monitoring and evaluating youth work
• Youth work and the new managerialism
• What do youth services and agencies need to do?
• What do youth workers need to do?
• How can we go forward?
• In conclusion
• Conclusion
• References
• Index