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Youth Work Ireland. (2022) Youth work with young people in Direct Provision and those seeking asylum: practice guidelines to support youth workers. Dublin: Youth Work Ireland.

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Youth Work Ireland is a Federation of local youth work services who take a strengths-based and inclusive approach to achieving equality of outcomes and opportunities for all young people. Our Integrated Youth Services model ensures that when young people engage with our services, they are engaged with as a whole young person and our work is understood by them and their families. The work of our Member Youth Services in supporting young people seeking asylum has been ongoing for many years and this cohort of young people present in different ways to different services – some at crisis point where their basic needs are not being met, and others through youth work practices such as detached work, participation in clubs or drop-in centres. 

This resource is a ‘how to’ to engage and work with young people seeking asylum and their families in Direct Provision centres and the community. It is informed by the practice experiences of youth workers. It allows us to understand the challenges faced by this group of young people and the role youth work has in supporting them. It will build the knowledge, skills, capacity and practices of youth workers and demonstrate how youth work practices and processed can be applied easily and effectively to working with young people from different cultures, religions and backgrounds. 

This resource has two audiences - the youth worker and the youth service. For the youth worker it provides practical advice, links and activities for building and sustaining youth work with young people seeking asylum. For youth services it outlines the procedures and supports needed at an organisational level to support the work. The resource has two sections - General Information Resources and a Theory of Change Model. The General Information section contains an overview of the main areas identified by the working group in Youth Work Ireland, that workers need to be aware of whilst engaging with this group of young people. The Theory of Change has been developed for both Support and Advocacy Model and Service Provision and will support youth workers in their practices and also youth services to ensure they have resources in place to support the work.

Item Type
Report
Publication Type
Irish-related, Guideline, Report
Drug Type
All substances
Intervention Type
Prevention, Harm reduction
Date
August 2022
Pages
56 p.
Publisher
Youth Work Ireland
Corporate Creators
Youth Work Ireland
Place of Publication
Dublin
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