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A Practice Framework for Ultimate Youth Workers

Ultimate Youth Worker

A Practice Framework for Ultimate Youth Workers In the field of youth work, where the challenges are as diverse as the young people themselves, the difference between good youth workers and Ultimate Youth Workers is abundantly clear. What makes an Ultimate Youth Worker?

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Specialist placements needed to reform a care system not working for teenagers, finds review

Community Care

Speak to youth workers in our towns, and cities and they will tell you their own horror stories,” she said. “Of This should include action to recruit more black, Asian and ethnic minority social workers, foster carers, youth workers and teachers. Horror stories’.

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How social workers’ role would change under Working Together overhaul

Community Care

Those lost references to social workers have been replaced by the concept of the ‘lead practitioner’, mentioned just six times in the current version but 32 in its proposed replacement. The 2018 Working Together requires both child protection and child in need cases to be held by social workers.

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Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care for Juvenile Offenders

Relias

For effective interventions, understanding the existing traumas that contribute to delinquency is paramount. Juvenile justice is shifting towards a more compassionate and nuanced approach that recognizes the profound impact of trauma on young offenders’ lives. thyroid disorder or neurological problems) Review of personal history (e.g.,