Young people have the right to engage in ‘quality’ youth work and the curriculum provides the framework for planning, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of ‘quality’ youth work programmes.
Our curriculum and planning framework helps youth workers to understand and describe what youth work is, why we do it, how we do it and what young people can gain from our work. It provides us with all that we need to develop our work so that we can identify what young people need, structure our work to meet this need. It enables us to encourage young people to try new things, and develop new skills, make informed decisions and choices and be acknowledged and accredited for their achievements.
Useful Links
Advice
Aggression
Alcohol
- created by Alcohol Concern & Calling Time: the South West Alcohol Improvement Programme
Arts
Basic Skills
Black History
Bullying
- www.suzylamplugh.org
- www.kidscape.org
- www.millysfund.org.uk
- ‘Beat the Bully’ – board game/training pack developed by young people; from Youth First, 02871 309079
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Safe from Bullying includes guidance for local authorities and other strategic leaders. The guidance documents are supported by a set of Training Resources.
The Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA) has been contracted to deliver a programme of national and regional work to raise awareness, develop confidence and stimulate use of the Guidance to develop strategic anti-bullying practice among relevant organisations and practitioners within local authorities and the six community settings. ABA national and regional staff will organize regional conferences over the next year and will need the names and contact details of all the Local Authority Youth leads in the statutory and voluntary sectors to include them in any ABA up-dates and to ensure that they can access information on the conferences.
For more information, and to order free hardcopies or to download copies of the guidance, please visit the Every Child Matters website: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/research/
Detached Work
Drugs
Employment
- ‘It’s a Fact’ -tackles myths about employment.
Environment
Equalities
0141 552 5592
Ethnicity
- www.jrf.org.uk ‘Young Bangladeshi people’s experience of transition to adulthood’ Free download.
- www.jrf.org.uk ‘School Exclusion and transition into adulthood in African-Caribbean communities’ Free download.
Evaluations with young people
Funding
Gambling
Games
General
- ‘Understanding 12-14 year olds’ Tavistock Clinic
- www.hoddereducation.co.uk ‘Young Citizen’s Passport 10’ (wide range of info)
Health
- ‘The Cupboard Project’ health project for hard to reach young people 0113 276 2720
- www.teenlifecheck.co.uk - NHS Teen LifeCheck free online lifestyle self-assessment service.
- Menigitis - Information including Symptoms. www.meningitisUK.org
Homelessness
Homophobia
Informal Education
- http://edheretics.gn.apc.org ‘Informal Education: conversation, democracy and learning’. Tony Jeffs and Mark Smith. Educational Heretics Press 2005
Interfaith Work
- www.nya.org ‘A Sense of Respect – inter faith activities’
International
- ‘The World Guide’ – issues, environment, human rights. Carel Press 01228 538928
Life Skills
Literacy
Managing Strong Emotions
Mental Health
Money
Music
Outdoor Education
- ‘The Outdoor Source Book’ book or CD-rom. Institute of Outdoor Learning on 01768 885800
Parenting
- Underage and Pregnant Youth Pack: Consisting of a one hour DVD of excerpts from the BBC Three Underage and Pregnant series accompanied by workshop session plans, this pack is designed for use with young people aged 13 - 19. The resource pack aims to create a dialogue with young people about the realities of teenage pregnancy and parenthood, encouraging them to explore decisions that some teenagers have to make as they move into adulthood. http://bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/underageandpregnant/
- www.hoddereducation.co.uk ‘Supernanny’ – simple rules for good parenting
Participation
Radio
Regeneration
- www.ncb.org.uk ‘A Real Part to Play’ – resource pack for involving young people in community regeneration
Relationships
Sexual Health work
- www.radcliffe-oxford.com ‘Adolescents and Sex’ – handbook for professionals
- www.nya.org.uk The Grapevine Game – board game exploring facts and opinions (not sure if still in print)
- www.fpa.org.uk ‘Talking together about Contraception’, aimed at young people with learning disabilities
- SAFE - Sexual Health Advice For Everyone (Resources Order Form under Related Documents in right hand column)
Self Esteem
- www.jpk.com ‘Helping Adolescents and Adults build self-esteem’ – a photocopiable activities book;
Single Identity Work
Youth Work Week