Compassion? Being able to related to youths? What about a good sense of humour? These are just three of the traits that those taking part in London Youth's Youth Works project think you need to become a youth worker.
sounddelivery has been working with London Youth, a member organisation with more than 400 youth clubs serving 75,000 young people across the capital.
We were brought in to create an audio evaluation CD of one of their youth worker training schemes and we interviewed 8 young people who were taking part in the Youth Works programme – a project funded by the new youth volunteering charity V. It’s aim is to train a new generation of youth workers with a specialism in community activism. Young people who access the programme volunteer full time for 6 months in one of London Youth’s Quality Marked clubs. During this time they take their Level 1 Foundation in Youth Work, organise a community project and take part in a full programme of personal development. The young people also benefitted from the advice and support of a life coach who helped them through any problems they were facing and gave them positive steps to deal with personal issues.
We produced 12 different pieces for the CD, some of which went on to be featured on the Guardian's website. Below you can hear the "Overview" piece.
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