Transformative youth work in local government youth services

Abstract

The Transformative Youth Work (TYW) project uses an appreciative inquiry evaluation method developed by Cooper (2016) that collects and analyses young people’s perceptions of the impact of youth work in their lives. In this article, the authors focus discussion upon the benefits of this process in a local government context, for youth work evaluation, for staff development and for improving understanding of youth work by other stakeholders who can influence youth work funding and policy. The Transformative Youth Work process was trialled in two local government youth services in Perth Western Australia, in conjunction with the international project discussed elsewhere in this issue. The research found that 1) there were important benefits for youth work team and staff development and 2) that the project greatly improved stakeholders understanding of the youth work process and 3) that both services intend to embed the process into future practice.

RAS ID

36311

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

2019

School

School of Arts and Humanities

Copyright

subscription content

Publisher

European Research Network of Open Youth Work

Comments

Cooper, T., Brooker, M., McCabe, D., Madden, P., & Simons, O. (2019). Transformative youth work in local government youth services. International Journal of Open Youthwork, 2019(3), 29-46. https://www.newman.ac.uk/knowledge-base/the-international-journal-of-open-youth-work/

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