Models of Working with Youth
Three Broad Models of Working with Youths
| NAME OF MODEL |
Main organizing principle of working with youth. |
Main Goal |
Approach |
Questions asked |
Examples: |
| Social Justice |
- Activism
- Solidarity
- Praxis
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- Structural Redistribution of power and resources.
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- Youth have agency, collective power and special insight.
- Rights based
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- How do youth experience social problems, community and marginalization?
- What barriers exist to active citizenship? How can these barriers be eliminated using the power of youth collective action?
- Whose power/resources should be challenged, engaged with or redistributed?
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- Direct Action
- Collective action
- Collective community building
- Book not Bars campaign
- Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, No One is Illegal.
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| Client Centered Social Work |
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- Gaining influence over events and outcomes on a case by case basis.
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- Expert based but can still be horizontal in nature.
- Helping based.
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- What individual barriers or strengths do individual youth experience?
- How can social service workers share insight and knowledge to help youth? What referrals can be made to other social service organizations?
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- Counselling
- Psycho-social education
- Application of Human development models
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| Community Development |
- Youth friendly Economic and social development.
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- Youth engagement and participation in building strong communities on a case by case basis or in small groups.
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- Expert based but horizontal.
- Programming, economic or service based.
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- What programs, resources, would be useful to youth?
- Are there appropriate social resources for youth?
- Where and how can youth be meaningful engaged and consulted in the status quo social structural arrangement?
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- Mayor Youth Councils
- Youth comprised boards on social service agencies
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