Youth work

The Relationship Between Homeless Youth and Sex for Survival Each year in the United States over one million youth under the age of 18 are homeless (Warf, et al., 2013). There are many factors that may contribute to a young person becoming homeless such as disagreements with parents or step-parents, pregnancy, sexual orientation, school performance, substance abuse, and physical or sexual abuse occurring in the home (Warf, et al., 2013). No matter what led the youth to homelessness, they face…

many of them view that technology help children and youth to become more creative, the most of them are anxious about the hazard impact on child. Social media appears the most common use for the children and youth since they find themselves independent, and they can find and communicate with friends easier. The reasons that children choose the internet or social media are different…

Why is society teaching the youth today that lack of effort deserves a reward? At what age should a child be taught that hard work and extra effort not only lead to reward, but also to a greater sense of pride and accomplishment? By the time a child reaches the age of eight, he or she should be taught that participation, or “Just Show Up,” trophies are a thing of the past. Children must understand that life does not give participation rewards for just being a part of the team. This culture of…

with a view to reproducing their Christian lives in other” (175). This philosophy would be fulfilled by small groups or “trainings” held on a weekly basis. I would like to keep a very close, relational youth group. It would probably…

caring environment for youth. This paper will analysis Safe Space NYC Inc. in the settings of its agency contexts, community contexts, and social problem context. History of Safe Space According to Safe Space NYC Inc., after the United State Supreme Court ruled that all children should be protect. Many agencies for the Prevention…

Youth Today Youths are different from yesterday. Youth today do not remember years ago when it didn’t take much for kids to have a smile on their face. Previous generations, they enjoyed bike riding, fun times at the park, movies, and sports. Young people are different than twenty years ago. Today’s teenagers are influenced by Smart Phones, TV images, and Social Media. Today youth have their faces buried in the phone at family gatherings. Previous generations there were pulled cords walking…

define youth as just a period between childhood and adult age, but youth is not simply that. There can be a variety of different ways in which we can identify youth and its true meaning in relation to different aspects and influences in our surroundings. Youth can be argued as a social construct rather than a universal concept because everyone has different experiences in their lives and not everyone experiences youth. It is important to understand every aspect that contributes to what youth is,…

A few months ago I appeared on the fantastic youth ministry podcast 'The Longer Haul ' to talk about ministering to introverted students. This is an issue that keeps coming up, and I think represents one of the fundamental missteps youth ministry can take. For those of us who prefer reading to listening, I 've taken some of my key thoughts from the podcast and written them up here as notes. Enjoy! The Extrovert Epidemic Much of our youth ministry is focused towards the extrovert, which…

Australian Child Health Survey, which demonstrated that indigenous youth have higher overall incidence of general mental health problems than their none-indegenous counterpart. Furthermore, 26% of indigenous young people compared 17% of non-indigenous In the age group of 4-11 were reported to be suffering from mental health. The Bring Them Home report portrays that portrays that forced separation and institutionalization…

Knowledge of the Children Act, Prevent and Safeguarding agendas. (E) I have been working as a Head Youth Worker at Mosaic LGBT Youth Centre for almost a decade and one of my primary responsibilities was Safeguarding (Children Act) as well as an implementation of Prevent. I am also a trained social worker, although I am trained abroad I found it being a very transferable skill set in order to implement the said functions. Knowledge of developments in education – particularly post 16/ learning…