AFTER SCHOOL & YOUTH CLUBS in Worcester
The role of youth workers
Youth workers encourage young people to get actively involved in addressing issues that affect them personally and/or that they believe are important. They work to amplify young peoples’ voices and create safe spaces where young people can discuss issues that affect their lives and take part in positive activities.
The primary role of the Youth worker is to build positive relationships with the young people to improve outcomes for young people. These include:
- Providing positive opportunities and experiences that will unlock potential, make their voices heard and create a greater sense of community and responsibility
- Developing young people’s personal effectiveness through building their ability to arrive at their own choices and solutions to problems
- Making links between the different aspects of young people’s lives
- Setting and demonstrating appropriate standards of behaviour
- Keeping young people safe from physical and mental harm
- Putting proper supervision in place, through which adults provide clear, appropriate and consistent rules and expectations
Speak to the team
To talk to a member of the youth team, please call 0772 9092 124 or email mike@worcestercommunitytrust.org.uk