Wirkungsnachweis aus der Literatur

Kurzfristig (< 1 Jahr)
Meso (Organisation/Gruppe)
Psychisch & Physiologisch

greater emphasis on health, safety and safeguarding in English youth work

Gesundheit

An example of health and safety illustrates this very well. A visit was made to a large thriving underground skate park in Finland, where well over 100 young people were skating. Immediately many of the project participants noticed, some with astonishment, that very few if any of the young people were wearing helmets. In particular, the English youth workers commented that this would never happen in their organisations. Interestingly, however, when the lead youth worker in the project was asked why it was that they did not insist that young people wore helmets, he replied, ‘We advise them to wear them but it is their choice, and they had only had one minor injury (a broken arm) in the last two years.’ This project, and it appears Finnish youth work in general, appeared to prioritise the youth work principle of autonomy – the primacy of a young person’s choice – over any particular organisation’s requirement to adhere to externally imposed health and safety regulations. In the English context at least, fear of culpability and litigation tends to dominate the youth work organisations. It would appear that Estonia has a balance of these priorities as although it has a number of concrete parameters set by specific policies and acts of parliament, the organisers of youth work have considerable freedom in their choice of methods and ways of working. In this sense legislation frames practice but does not directly control it.

Beschreibung der Aktivität

The Erasmus-funded project entitled Developing and Communicating the Impact of Youth Work in Europe (DCIYWE) engaged three youth projects in each of the five countries of England, Estonia, Finland, France and Italy.
The Erasmus-funded project entitled Developing and Communicating the Impact of Youth Work in Europe (DCIYWE) engaged three youth projects in each of the five countries of England, Estonia, Finland, France and Italy.
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age range of respondents: Estonia - 7 to 23 (average 14,2), England - 10 to 20 (average: 14,6), Finland - 12 to 29 (average 17,7), France - 11 to 29 (average 17,8) and Italy - 14 to 35 years (average 25,3)
Einrichtungen/ Träger der Kinder- und Jugendarbeit

Evaluierung der Aktivität

Each youth work project then implemented three cycles of transformative evaluation over a period of one year, between July 2015 and July 2016. The identification of youth workers and stakeholders was left to the discretion of individual projects. [...] In each cycle each youth worker aimed to generate twenty significant change stories using the following prompt question: ‘Looking back, what do you think has been the most significant change that occurred for you, you and your peers, or you and your community, as a result of coming here?’ [...] Recording stories can be done in two ways. First, handwritten notes can be taken during the conversation; however, it is essential that any notes are read back to the young person to check that they accurately reflect the essence of their story. The story is more valid when recorded in the young person’s own words. Alternatively, the young person can write their story directly. Where possible, a story should be written as a simple narrative describing the sequence of events that took place and their significance to the young person. In terms of story length, generally the young people’s stories tend be a paragraph (three or four sentences) but some may be much longer and some shorter. They should not be o short that vital information is left out.
Estonia: 164 England: 143 Finland: 123 France: 134 Italy: 151
July 2015 to July 2016
Finland
Sammelbandbeitrag