Detached Youth Work
Training Topics
Detached Youth Work for Beginners
Detached Youth Work Resource Books
This range of three courses offer those working outside of building based youth projects an opportunity to develop the detached youth work skills required for effective street work.
Detached Youth Work for Beginners
Effective Street-based Youth Work
This is a practical training day for practitioners new to street work or those who are planning new projects. Exploring all of the stages of quality street work, from assessing young peoples need through to making contact and enthusing young people to get involved on to evaluating the effectiveness of work done and exit strategies.
This session also offers some good practice guidelines for effective detached projects and looks at issues for workers including safety on the streets and effective partnership work.
Learning outcomes
Participants will:
- Look at the development of detached youth work from its early days through to today's Every Child Matters agenda and REYS targets
- Consider what ‘detached youth work’ is and how it differs from other youth work
- Explores the differences between detached, outreach and mobile work
- Consider ways to engage with young people and assess need Explore the process of mapping, setting targets and evaluating street projects
- Suggest a framework for detached projects
Practical Detached Youth Work
Effective Street-based Youth Work
This interactive training day is packed with ideas that practitioners can use to engage young people in positive activities in a detached work setting. On the streets, beach or in a park there is something for both new and experienced workers, including ideas for teambuilding, arts & crafts and ways to deliver issue based work on the street.
The workshop is based on the best selling NYA book "Have You Ever?" and includes activities to raise diversity issues, substance misuse and staying safe work.
Learning outcomes
The day aims to:
- Explore effective ways to engage young people in street projects through positive activities
- Offer ideas to stimulate discussion amongst young people and develop creative youth work programmes
- Provide a mini resource pack to quick, cheap easy to use ideas
- Share and promote good practice based on "what works"
Targeted Detached Youth Work
Effective Street-based Youth Work
ASBO's, curfews and dispersal orders; youth workers are increasingly being asked to target young people 'at risk' and those involved in anti-social behaviour and engage them in detached youth work projects.
But what is anti-social behaviour and why are some young people more vulnerable than others? This is an opportunity for practitioners to explore risk and protective factors, discuss effective ways to engage young people and consider safe working as well as share good practice.
Learning outcomes
This training day is for all detached and street based workers and aims to:
- Outline current legislation that affects young people, including the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003
- Explore risk and protective factors and the issues for targeted work
- Look at detached youth workers and the law and staying safe on the streets
- Offer guidelines for Detached Youth Work
Feedback from delegates...
'I really enjoyed it, simplicity is the key in detached youth work. Vanessa is very experienced - a legend in detached work!'
Delegate: Jennie Skelding, Challenge & Support Coordinator, Leicester City Council
Date: June 6th 2010
Course attended: Practical Detached Youth Work
"This training gave me a whole range of different ideas to use with young people for issue based sessions - with little equipment and little expense! I enjoyed it very much, best training ever!"
Delegate: Team Leader, Young Gloucestershire
Date: June 2010
Course attended: Practical Detached Youth Work
Detached Youth Work Resource Books
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