An Ethics of Caring in Youth
						Work Practice

Spier, Joshua; Giles, David

doi:10.4135/9781526416438.n25

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“…At face value the majority of leaders completion of the safeguarding training is good, although arguably this should be all of the leaders, this could be due to the fact that 29% of respondents had volunteered for less than a year. However, as Sapin (2013) highlights, whether in paid or unpaid roles, it is imperative that youth workers understand their legal obligations and Stukas et al (2006) suggests, such safeguarding practices are an expectation of parents. There does remain a significant number of VPC leaders who had yet to compete some of the other equally essential training (such as first aid or health and safety).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Fuller and Friedel (2017) report how with appropriate leadership training, mentoring and skills development, volunteers were better able to develop their leadership ability. With O'Higgins (2013) also reporting the importance of training in providing leaders with the confidence to undertake their voluntary youth leadership role, this being echoed by Sapin (2013). Kent Police ( 2022) also suggests that one of the benefits of being a VPC leader is the enhancing of the volunteer's confidence.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It is important that the leaders and volunteers who support such youth groups are professionally developed and equipped with the right skills to maximise the opportunities for positive impacts on young people (Sandford et al , 2008; Kok et al , 2020). It is also important that those involved with youth work engage in continuing professional development (CPD) (Sapin, 2013).…”

Section: Volunteer Youth Groups Leadershipmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Youth development volunteers must possess the appropriate knowledge and skills (O'Brien, 2017). As well as being good listeners and communicators, those working with youth must be suitably equipped for their role, continually reflect on their professional needs (Institute for Youth Work, 2022) and should expect safeguarding checks (Sapin, 2013). Stukas et al (2006) suggest there is an expectation that volunteers delivering formal and organised youth activities are appropriately trained with safeguarding practices in place.…”

Section: Volunteer Youth Groups Leadershipmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Valuing volunteers: emerging trends in the training of Volunteer Police Cadet Leaders

Pepper

Rogers

2022

JCRPP

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Purpose This paper aims to consider the training provided to Volunteer Police Cadet (VPC) Leaders in police forces across England and Wales who, as part of the wider policing volunteer family, lead organised youth development activities for uniformed police cadets. Design/methodology/approach An online ethically approved questionnaire was administered to volunteer leaders across six VPC schemes hosted by police forces in England and Wales. The sample population being selected due to their geographical spread across both nations, along with the similarities of their VPC schemes. The questionnaire collected demographic information of respondents, then used a blend of closed questions. Likert scales and free text boxes to explore attitudes. Findings The training for the volunteer leaders seems to focus on the mandated elements provided to protect the cadets from harm and also the organisation from litigation. With little development of additional knowledge, skills and behaviours (and in some cases required qualifications) to enhance the service and opportunities delivered to the young people by the volunteers. Research limitations/implications Due in part to the limited response rate, this research cannot claim to be representative of all individuals engaged in this voluntary role; it does however provide insights into the training of such volunteers. Practical implications The research informs the decision makers of how the training of volunteer cadet leaders within forces seems to focus on the completion of the mandatory elements, with little further development of the volunteers to deliver both varied and challenging activities for the cadets. Originality/value The research provides an insight for decision makers on how the training of volunteer cadet leaders within forces seems to focus on the mandatory elements, with few opportunities for further development of volunteer leaders to deliver new, varied and challenging activities for the cadets.

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Section: Volunteer Youth Groups Leadershipmentioning

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Section: Volunteer Youth Groups Leadershipmentioning

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Valuing volunteers: emerging trends in the training of Volunteer Police Cadet Leaders

Pepper

Rogers

2022

JCRPP

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“…To be effective as informal educators, youth workers must dispense with the more usual authoritative roles that are often expected between professionals and young people (Ord, 2009;NYA, 2020) so taking an adult-to-adult approach (drawing on transactional analysis: Berne, 1968). An important tool used by youth workers is their ability to develop reciprocal conversations with young people (Sapin, 2013). These are not casual chats but are spaces in which youth workers listen respectfully to young people, so developing an understanding of young people's perspectives and issues.…”

Section: The Use Of Self In Youth Work and Other Professional Practicesmentioning

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The use of self: the conscious or unconscious (sharing or) leaking of identity by LGBQ cisgender women youth workers in the North of England

Hatton

2023

EDI

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PurposeThis paper discusses how professionally qualified cisgender lesbian, gay, bisexual or queer (LGBQ) women youth workers present their self. The research examined how youth workers consciously or unconsciously shared their sexual identity with young people with whom they worked. Whilst this research focussed on youth workers, issues discussed are relevant for practitioners from a range of professional backgrounds such as therapists, social workers, teachers and health care practitioners. The research focused only on the experiences of cisgender LGBQ women as the experiences of men and trans women are different and so requires separate research.Design/methodology/approachThis research taking a qualitative approach, used in-depth interviews to discuss how respondents shared information about their identity.FindingsSome of fifteen youth workers interviewed reported not having choices about being out with the young people as their sexuality had been leaked. Others were able to pass and so choose when, or if, to be out with young people. Their different strategies to sharing information regarding their sexuality used by these participants reflected different approaches to being out.Originality/valueAlthough there is evidence in the literature of how being out or closeted impacts on teachers there is little written about the effect on youth workers or other professionals. The little research that has been undertaken in this area focusses on the impact of identity on the clients rather than on the professionals. This article contributes to filling this gap in the literature.

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Clarifying and Enhancing the Role of Equality in Youth Work Ethics: The Case for an Equality Studies Approach

McCrea,

Moran

2024

Ethics and Social Welfare

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An Ethics of Caring in Youth Work Practice

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Valuing volunteers: emerging trends in the training of Volunteer Police Cadet Leaders

Valuing volunteers: emerging trends in the training of Volunteer Police Cadet Leaders

The use of self: the conscious or unconscious (sharing or) leaking of identity by LGBQ cisgender women youth workers in the North of England

Clarifying and Enhancing the Role of Equality in Youth Work Ethics: The Case for an Equality Studies Approach

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