Youth Work: Preparation for Practice by Jason Wood

By Jason Wood

Professional perform is on the middle of juvenile paintings education yet integrating the speculation realized in school with the truth of placements can occasionally require additional aid. This entire textbook is designed to assist scholars operating with adolescents turn into useful and moral practitioners, in a position to examine their studying and interventions in younger people’s lives.

Divided into 3 components, this middle text:

  • provides an realizing of and dedication to the principles of teen paintings
  • explores how contexts form formative years paintings
  • demonstrates the middle practice talents which are required to make a significant impression at the lives of youngsters.

Engaging and practice-driven, this can be a necessary textual content for all scholars studying approximately operating with teenagers, no matter if on formative years paintings or allied classes. It comprises case-studies, initiatives, additional interpreting and reflective inquiries to aid readers make connections among their very own wisdom and practice.

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These roles are not a fixed part of our identity but are dynamic and evolving; they are part of who we are and, to an extent, we can choose which role to play and when. This draws on the seminal work of Goffman (1959), who uses the metaphor of drama to explain how we choose to present ourselves to others through the roles we play, and how the ‘self’ in this sense is socially constructed. Beckett and Taylor (2010: 167) invite us to ask ourselves some questions to help us to consider the various roles we play.

This does not deny the complexities involved concerning the matter of selfdisclosure. Practitioners must judge when it may be appropriate to share and when it may be acceptable to lie. The issue of personal and professional boundaries is complex (see Chapter 4). Essentially, recognising why someone may be asking you for personal information and why you may or may not be willing to tell them is crucial. Social context The number of characteristics that can be used as the basis of identity is almost unlimited, as we are sure you discovered from undertaking the first task ‘I am .

For example, the label of ‘young offender’ is likely to be detrimental to an individual’s psychological well-being as well as their future prospects. Playing a role Our behaviour and that of others can be understood by considering the roles and scripts we perform daily. These roles are not a fixed part of our identity but are dynamic and evolving; they are part of who we are and, to an extent, we can choose which role to play and when. This draws on the seminal work of Goffman (1959), who uses the metaphor of drama to explain how we choose to present ourselves to others through the roles we play, and how the ‘self’ in this sense is socially constructed.

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