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/