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The organisation and practice of local youth work needs…

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to transform aims and objectives into coherent strategies and plans.

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Introduction

In order to reach aims and objectives it is necessary to have long term strategies as well as concrete plans. A strategy for reaching out to new groups of young people might for example include the development of digital tools and to set of resources for outreached youth work. The strategy then needs to be concretized in plans containing answers to the questions; What should be done, by whom and when. Both strategies and plans need to be continuously followed up and revised.

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Guiding questions

To what degree does our local youth work meet this bullet point?

Are there sides/aspects of it that are not reached?
Are there differences related to different activities?
Are there differences related to different groups of young people?
Are there differences related to different youth work providers?
Are there other differences? Related to what?

Specific questions
  • How can we develop a long term strategy for youth work?
    • Which are the strategic challenges we need to address?
    • Which stakeholders do we need to involve when making up plans?
  • Do we work according to strategies plans or are we just reacting ad hoc to situations that occur?
    • How can we put ourselves in ‘the driver seat’, not being victims of circumstances?

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Good practices & tools

  • Nuotta Coaching for Young people Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET)

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  • Ruuti participation framework for young people of Helsinki

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Future steps

What different steps do we need to take in order to meet this bullet point?

Do we miss any knowledge that we need?
Do we need to take contact with stakeholders not present in our discussions?
Do we need to develop new competences, methods, work processes or organisational structures?
Can we find good practices or tools that might help us to improve this?
Do we have positive experiences from other areas of youth work that we can use also in this case?
Are there other organisations that we can contact and learn from regarding this?
Do we need to take other measures?
Do we have to revise our perspectives and/or priorities regarding youth work?

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