Youth Work and the Policy Context

This resource attempts to provide a very broad overview of the policy context in which Youth Work and services for young people are developing in Wales. It also includes useful links to organisations working with young people in Wales and links to other publications and resources particularly relevant to practice in Wales.

The Needs of Young People aged 15-19 and the Youth Work Response

Summary and full report. This report is the first piece of work conducted under the auspices (and direction) of a research partnership between the University of Wales (Cardiff) School of Social and Administrative Studies and the Wales Youth Agency.  Financial support for the project was provided by the Wales Youth Agency and Health Promotion Wales.  … Continued

Decision Time for the Youth Service

Short paper which attempts to identify some of the structural changes that have taken place around the Youth Service and make some assessment of what options it has for the future and if it can survive and prosper in a changing society.

Discrete Youth Work Within a Partnership Approach

Student assignment which seeks to critically analyse how effectively youth and community work is able to maintain its discrete way of working within a policy framework driven by a partnership approach.