Forest Area Office
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What is Youth Work?
Youth Work is education for life. Involvement with the Youth Service can offer you fun, excitement, challenge, new skills and knowledge through social events, leisure and outdoor activities, group work and getting involved. Through Youth Work you can develop the skills necessary to take greater control over life, you can recognize your rights and responsibilities both as an individual and as a member of your community.
Who are we?
The Service has around 60 full-time Youth Workers, some 300 part-time workers and many hundreds of volunteers. Some Youth Workers operate in a club setting; others are street-based workers who are employed to work alongside young people in cafes, parks, on street corners, of from our new Mobile Youth Projects (See Forest Mobile). Where they work Youth Workers provide support for young people, they offer information and advice, will listen when you need to talk, will take you seriously and treat you with respect.
What you can expect:
The Service has agreed a Charter which outlines your entitlements to a variety of youth work programmes including arts, dance and music, sport and outdoor activities, discussions and debates, healthy lifestyles, Duke of Edinburgh's Award ...and much more. The Charter describes the standards of service you can expect:
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| · | All youth work projects will be open to you on a regular basis with opening times clearly displayed. | |
| · | The projects will be warm, friendly, welcoming and provide a safe environment. | |
| · | Youth Workers will be professional, approachable and reliable. | |
| · | You will be able to take a full and active part in making decisions within your project. | |
| · | You will be able to attend at least one residential activity each year. | |
| · | You will have the opportunity to take part in international activities. | |
| · | Information, advice and counselling will be available to you. | |
| · | Your views about the Service will be asked for in an annual survey. | |