Report of TC 1 in Lithuania

YSPDB

Training Course Report

"1st TC: Youth worker training: Nordic approach" 14th to 21st of January, 2019 in Lithuania

Trainers: Marius Ulozas, marius.ulozas@gmail.com Nerijus Miginis, nmiginis@gmail.com Pål Isdahl Solberg, pal@medvirkningsagent.no

The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. The publication was produced in the frames of KA2 project “Youth worker training: Nordic approach” Project no.

2018-1-NO02-KA205-001233.

This report provides a summary of main inputs and theory part and also share handouts with participants of the training course, project partners and youth work community.

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During the training course a space was created to develop youth work competencies of youth leaders/ workers in order to foster inclusion and empowerment of young people. Participants improved skills, attitudes, gained knowledge needed to work with youth by using various youth work techniques and methods: coaching youth initiatives, guiding youth in their professional or educational path.

Specific objectives of the training were: 1. To develop competencies, defined in youth worker development program in Norway and also European training strategy (ETS).

2. Develop understanding of quality youth work integral with European youth work values.

2. To create youth work support system for quality international youth work.

3. To create space for cooperation of participants and ensure quality of future Erasmus + projects through developing common understanding of Youth project quality criteria: non-formal education, intercultural learning, active participation and etc.

4. Share various methodologies used in youth worker training programs.

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Ice breaking, getting to know each other Names, connection to youth work, introduction to the project, Youth work matters movement, getting to know each other, basic house rules.

Youth work simulation and debriefing: 4 groups: Young People; Youth organisation; Municipality; Youth center working each on their own tasks. Individual people also have “secret tasks�.

Breakpoint analysis in groups: How you saw the process-what was happening?

How other people/events affected how you feel?

Revealing secret roles

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Learning outcomes: Municipality: Individual roles affected the process very much, difficult to balance between personal opinions and the role, experience was very different for everyone.

Youth center: Youth workers sometimes have to be salesman to involve young people, What should be done first is going to the youth, asking what kind of space, environment would they need instead of building the greatest youth center and then looking for the youth to involve in it, It is IMPORTANT to prepare yourself for when the youngsters come - be ready to involve them, communicate with them, answer their questions Youth organisation: Never discussed what is a youth organisation, therefore never actually got in the role, and looked at the task from the perspective of themselves.

For managing the youth project idea, another module should have been used: PPP (People, procedure, product) they focused to much just on the product.

Beginning means A LOT in creating group dynamics. The group fast jumped into brainstorming of the project idea. Didn’t talk how they would like to work during the time of the task, instead immediately jumped into the brainstorming.

Time pressure is making people so task-oriented that communication suffers Young people: Without support from youth workers, the motivation to change something in life and become more active is decreasing, especially if the idea of joining an NGO or Youth Center is “sold” by creating expectations that are not met afterwards.

Youth center should target specific youth segments It is important for youth workers to be prepared to answer questions If you want to attract someone to your idea/space/environment, it’s important to involve them into developing it - the earlier the better.

Inclusion is important - can not work only with specific group.

The idea has to be clear and ok for everyone in the group from the very beginning, otherwise the process is disturbed If you are focused on your own task, you lose the holistic view, to see the reasons behind why are we doing these things Common mistake is classifying the youth in 1 group, assuming that because they are in certain age group, they have similar interests, losing the individual approach.

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Quality criteria for Youth Work

Quality youth work should: 1. provide an added value 2. be catered to individual needs 3. be actively inclusive - breaking down barriers, reach out for young people, 4. be based on young people’s voluntary active participation - actively involve young people in process 5. have a holistic view - seeing the whole life of the young people 6. see ALL young people as capable resource 7. based on non-formal and in-formal education 8. have a visible learning perspective, objectives that are relevant for the young people’s needs Young people vote with their feet - they participate and show up in environments which they like and enjoy.

Mambo-jambo of terms used in Erasmus+ world

Erasmus+ - funding programme for education, youth and sport in EU. Sub-programme “Youth in Action” focused on supporting non-formal education activities.

National Agency (NA) - institution which administrates Erasmus+ programme in national level Informal learning - things we learn from each other “randomly” in social groups - is not planned Non-formal learning - structured in some way, not with a curriculum (programme is not set completely) someone has an aim and a goal for the learning SALTO - resource bank for Youth Work EEA - European economic area - another opportunity to apply for funding supported by countries that are not a part of EU having same benefits as EU countries NEETs - Young people who are neither in education, employment or training Diaspora - People who are living abroad from their country Leisure time - free time Policy - implementation of politics Outreach YW - Take the youth center activities and move it somewhere else.

Detached YW - Doing YW detached from anything else - on the streets.

Mobile YW - Taking the youth work and moving it to different spaces where the young people are, doing activities at certain times regularly

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Recommendations for groups involved in Youth Work Recommendations for self-organised youth, youth organisations, youth center, municipality for improving their working process and involvement in: Municipality: Believe in youth as resource Have a clear vision towards youth Flexible procedures Give recommendations, advice Spread information Inform parents about the value of non-formal education Improve communication See the value of Youth Work Less control, more participation Youth center: Share the space and resources with youth organisations Promote youth NGO’s and be promoted by them Involve young people in the progress, process A-Z Make sure that the space is accessible for everyone, also youth with fewer opportunities Develop competences, for example writing project applications Cooperate with youth organisations Focus on youth’ needs and interests Be engaged in activities Be creative Youth organisations: Network with Youth Centers Be visible in social and other media channels Create innovations that are attractive for the youth Explore and use the possibilities in municipality, other funding opportunities Develop competences Promote yourself to the youth directly Think outside your own organisation Self-organised youth: Involve yourself Take initiative It’s ok to be bored - you or others do not have to entertain you all the time Be flexible and open-minded Don’t be afraid to talk about what you want and need Spread a word about opportunities to peers

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Online learning badges

The more you play, the more you learn. The more you learn, the better you become.

Participants are provided with gamification elements as a tool of individual assessment and evaluation of their learning in the training course.

Check-out of the day

- Enjoyed that the simulation was very early in the programme, we were taken by surprise, found it helpful to at least see what we shouldn’t be doing. Interesting to see how it happens and what thoughts are in different levels from youth to municipality.

- Surprised that we jumped in the process straight-on without classic team-building exercises.

- Combining group dynamics already with the content of the training.

- Realised that in the simulation it is more about the process than the content itself. We grew with every activity. Badges could be a whole new universe to be explored.

(Youth) participation Associations from participants: Inclusion, involvement, do & be a part of something, initiative, active, be heard - speak up, cooperation, listen, care, make the change, be respectful, tool to achieve equality.

Criteria to assess the level of participation: How much are young people involved in the process?

Who is initiating it, who started it?

Who is taking the decision?

Hierarchy of responsibilities - who is responsible for what in different stages of the process?

Impact and effect - whom the result benefits to?

Is the participation voluntary?

Regulations, control Values, benefits

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Criteria for ensuring well-done public participation framework:

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Diversity (are we listening to all the voices that have to be heard or a specific set of voices - actively look for voices, discuss with young people that are not heard).

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Intensity (capacity to join: involvement of resources - do I understand the specific terminology and have the resources necessary to be a part of the process - create availability of information).

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Timing (when do young people get involved in the process - the earlier young people are involved in the process, the higher the influence, young people should be involved already from the beginning: in the idea and decision making phase).

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Impact (to reach higher impact, higher level of participation has to be achieved. In order to increase the level of young people’ decision-making power, then youth workers, decision makers have to share some of their power with young people).

Areas where young people’s participation matters Young people’s opinions should be represented, their participation should be ensured in the decision making process also in other areas not only the youth field.

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R.Hart’s Ladder of participation

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Harry Shier’s Levels of participation

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Brief history of Youth work development in Norway During time social and youth work has changed from “we give you this house” to “we give you the ability to own a house”.

First youth centers in Norway were created with high social control and in-formal learning.

End of 50s, start of 60s it moves more to non-formal and personal development. In 1968 major set-back was use of drugs. During 60s youth work became focused on preventing and stopping youngsters from drug abuse. About 500 youth centers were opened with a hidden agenda to stop young people from using drugs Nowadays YW is with high focus on social and personal development and non-formal education - developing soft and generic skills, providing a space for young people to create themselves, based on their own interests while formal education is focused on what society needs.

Youth work fills the gap between school and social systems.

Professional Open Youth Work

Open Youth Work - YW that is accessible to all young people who voluntarily choose to participate.

Professional Open Youth Work(POYW) - profession that is practised by trained and educated workers who commit to codes of ethic and quality standards Actively empower and try to include people whose voices are not heard.

More information: http://poywe.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Declaration-of-Principles_Professional-Open-Youth-Work.pdf

National reality What is youth?

What is considered YW? Legal framework for YW Who are youth workers?

- who are they?

- how are they prepared?

- how are they paid?

How YW is organised/financed?

Main issues, priorities, target groups

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Norway Youth: legally 13-18, different organisations work with youth up to 30 Youth Work: No official definition. Anyone who works in an open youth work space qualifies as youth worker. Either on voluntary basis or paid placement. They are often educated, although there are no rules and obligations except police clearance.

Funding: Government, sponsors, donors, project funding.

Legal framework: Not a specific set of regulations. set of rules of confidentiality, based on UN Child convention, Norwegian law Main priorities: integration, NEETs, making YW more attractive (kids and government), more accessible to everyone, mental health, Trends: menthal healt, reproductional health, Issues/difficulties: YW often focuses on “smart kids” instead of the ones who actually need it - the ones who have fallen out the school systems. Youth work is organised locally (in and by municipalities), lack of national body who supports, educates and funds the activities.

Bulgaria Youth: 15-29 years old Youth worker: Should be educated in a special way.

Legal framework: copy-paste, Youth law, national strategy (each municipality), defined as “youth activity”. Legal framework is poorly implemented.

Priorities: support the implementation of youth activities, encouraging non-formal learning, supporting youth volunteering. Consulting, education, social values, reproductive health, Target groups: NEETs, refugees, minorities

Latvia Youth: 13-25 years old Legal: Youth law, implementation plan (2016-2020), annual state program, local policy planning Youth work: profession standard, trainings from the Ministry of Education, youth affairs specialists master programme in 2 universities, Funding: Projects(Erasmus+ and others), municipalities, department of Youth Affairs Main issues: lack of education for youth workers, generally social inclusion problems, difficulties in communication with municipalities

Lithuania Youth: 14-29 years old Legal: Youth Policy law Youth work: people working with youth with non-formal education. No official definition of a youth worker. Educated in training courses, youth exchanges, no academic education (in progress). Youth workers in YC are paid, but often have different professions stated in contracts.

There is a scholarship for Youth workers.

Funding: Projects(Erasmus+ and others), municipalities, department of Youth Affairs Main issues: old-fashioned formal education system and generation gap with teachers.

In EU countries Youth Work is provided, organised and funded in very different ways, but the challenges youth workers are facing are very similar.

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Task in national group Film a video <2min about why #YouthWorkmatters in your country.

5 questions for trainers in order to build trust • Why are you doing what you are doing?

• Worst experience in a training?

• What makes you angry in life?

• What is your happiest memory?

• What advice would you give to your 20 years old self?

Non formal education principles:

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Open & non formal communication - educators are ready to answer questions, be equal (educator is not higher than the learner), listen, develop trust - give some information about you, open up - show that you are also a human; 2.

Group oriented learning - Group as a learning tool, invest time and resources into building the group, being aware of group dynamics, having a reflection and analysing the process is necessary for learning and moving to another steps in group dynamics; 3.

Learning through experience (David Kolb’s Experiental learning) a. either sharing an experience or taking a method in order to create an experience; b. reflection - first ask about emotions, because it is the best indicator of quality and gives a material for discussion; analyze what was good and what needs to be improved c. reach a conclusion, conceptualization - set a goal for the future d. try to implement it - get a new experience.

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Active participation 5.

Voluntary participation - since environment is safe only if I have a choice to participate or not, it is necessary. Do not push participation.

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Holistic approach - During an activity take in mind and create balance between all 3 factors: Individual, group and theme/topic. While planning the flow of activity/ies also these 3 factors have to be taken in mind: Body, Mind and Heart. + the things that happen outside, what has happened before and what will happen after - react to the needs of people.

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Non-competition - Competition is something very natural to all human beings, as a YW we should try to avoid creating competition with others. NFE promotes looking for WIN-WIN situations, finding common ground and competing only against oneself - becoming better than yourself in the past through learning.

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Specific environment - safe environment: both physical space of the body and psychological (where you are able to experiment, try new things and it does not affect your real life afterwards - failure is not treated as a failure, but as an opportunity to learn, environment without judgement, place where I can be myself, express your emotions freely, environment which is accessible, non-discriminatory), in case if either physical or psychological safety is endangered, YW or trainer is responsible for solving problems in order to ensure the safety.

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Group activity â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not letting the chairs fallâ&#x20AC;?

How do we feel: Synchronised, fulfilled, confident, energized, cooperated, awake, collaboration, frustrated, quick, relaxed, careful, safe, felt listened to, too concentrated on task, comfortable: asking emotions to find if there are mixed feeling that can be talked about.

What did we do good?

Listened to each other, quick solutions, not afraid to try instead of talking too much, supportive team, not stressing too much, self-initiative leader, not overthinking about fails and moved on, achieved the task and quite fast, we had a working strategy, division of the tasks, no blame about the fails, counting rhythm, minor adjustments when something went wrong, accepting group leader, discussing What could be improved?

We could try counting together, more rhythmic pace, more feedback and more cooperation with the person in front and behind, more active listening, pay more attention to the group not only the tasks, more check-in moments, how is everyone doing, listen to othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; opinions, not to interrupt others, give chance to others to be a leader, discuss the problem, could have challenged the leaders, no consensus when the process was sped up, asking if everyone was ok, leader on voluntary basis instead of assigning Joking is a defence mechanism

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Session 2 Lowering the stick Active listening might get confused with just checking in if everyone is ok, finding different things to keep focused and motivated helps, listening does not mean you have to reply, first step of active listening is encouraging everyone in the group to talk, if everyone has a different understanding and aim of the task, it is very hard to implement a task as a team. If your idea doesn’t work, let it go. Pay more attention to the tone of the voice when you are speaking. More attention to reacting when “I hear you, but I don’t have a solution right now”, take responsibility for your focus and actions in the group - I need the group, the group needs me, working in a group takes a lot of patience, don’t try to solve everything and overdo trying to involve everyone to the point where it becomes unnatural.

Session 3

3 groups - putting marked chairs in a circle, moving chairs to another room, sitting on the marked chairs.

If there are groups who each have an aim, a task, but do not communicate, Marked chairs were a limited resource which all 3 groups needed for a separate aim/task.

If I have a task and I am a part of a group, I miss the whole holistic picture.

Age group theatre 13-16 Peer influence, rebellion against the system, sexual tension, alcohol, drugs, want to be a personality, but want to be a part of something, parents don’t understand anything 16-18 Even though they party, they have responsibility, gossiping, relationships, planning your life, driving licences and car culture, 18-24 independence, accomplishment is necessary, start walking your own path, main part is career decisions, some have dreams, not all dreams come true, study struggles, pregnancy, during those years some people fall out, start using hard drugs, 24-30 creating family, looking for a job, settling down, still wanting to party, expenses are going up, income is not as high anymore, parents start needing support from you

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Youth age psychology

Erik Erikson’s “Personal development stages” Age

Psychological crisis

Value

0-1,5

Trust vs Mistrust: Depends on if the parents react to child communicating his needs Authonomy vs Shame:

Hope

Initiative vs guilt: Inviting parents to play a game, fixing something, helping parents Industry vs Inferidrity: competing has an impact on self Identity vs Role confusion: Focus from time with parents is shifting to time with friends, have several roles (a child, a pupil, a sports player) Initimacy vs Isolation Relationships Generativity vs Stagnation: Taking care of someone, stage of self realization EGO Feel that have had a successful life and can pass the knowledge to other

Purpose

1,5-3 3-5 5-12 12-18 18-40 40-65 65+

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Will

Competence Loyalty Love Care Wisdom

Adolescence (Erikson, Piage, Freud, Police) 1.

Biological changes - voice changing, emotions changing, brain is changing, adrenaline, testosterone, drift (between what is right/wrong and what is allowed/forbidden, they are challenging the system) 2.

Freedom - whatever they do, they seek for freedom. They want to do things in the night, because it is an escape, they haven’t been able to before and in their minds it’s what adults do.

Very materialistic - money gives them freedom. Some seek for responsibility, because adults are responsible. “Experiments”(with themselves, with sexuality, the way they look, lifestyle) - want to be adults.

3.

Searching for identity - They are trying to be, look older “I am almost 17”. Subcultures culture groups.

4.

Friendship - friends are most important. Group phenomena - they tend to be always in groups for safety.

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Sex&Love - relationship is very important. All future relationships youngsters model by the first one. Brain is developing the parts which are responsible for the pain, therefore for example they feel pain after a break-up 3 times more intensive. Porn is affecting negatively, because there are a lot stereotypes, unrealistic, makes them think about how they are looking from aside.

The topic is quite tabu, young people do not have anyone to talk to, ask questions about their sexuality.

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Competencies and networks - In internet young people experiment with their identity, parents are not in control, want to connect, want to meet people and collect friends

Millennials Peter Pan generation - young people who do not want to grow up. (Born 1990-1995).

“I will do whatever not to enter labour market, not to be an adult” attitude - volunteering, studying, travelling.

Young people choose not to choose and have fear of commitment - afraid to choose, because might get a better proposal, do not want to get trapped and block other opportunities they might have.

Social media addiction - when life is good and you are in love, the amount of posts in social media is much less.

Need of fast results - every progress has to happen much faster than usually; Change in sex behaviour - it is not the forbidden fruit anymore, young people are success- driven and prioritize everything that can improve their careers instead of building relationships.

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Norway During exams in high-school it is popular for rich kids to renovate a bus and go for a party for 2 weeks, Generation of achievers, have to accomplish everything, It’s cool to be healthy and to excercise, Smokers are very little, it’s not cool at all,

Latvia Building self image on internet Younger youth to go to capital city, older to leave the capital Need to be trendy, follow the influencers Smoking, alcohol, drugs start at very young age

Bulgaria All young people want to go to Western countries Big gap between youth who does nothing and youth who does everything Youth does not want to do jobs with low salary Big gap between 16 year olds and 18 year olds A lot of young people study psychology, social sector

Lithuania In youth centers there are possibilities for young people to go to dance, have a disco Youth NGO’s are elite, youth centers are more used by “lower class” youth Very high pressure for knowing what you want to do with your life already in high school

Mid-term evaluation Feelings - excited for today and upcoming days, great again, every day more and more tired, inspired, grateful to be able to be a part of this training, full of knowledge, more confident in field of YW, thoughtful, ready to learn more, Findings - learning badges, different methods and tools what we can use, participation theory, group building exercises, want to learn more about age psychology, i would really like to do this job, evaluating the work at home and finding what we are already doing good and what mistakes we are making, night activities in youth centers, Feedback - so far so good, intense, a bit hard to digest everything, enjoying debriefing analyzing activities, very good that for each theory there are practical examples, enjoy being more active, find reflections to be very important, trainers are very approachable - if something is not clear, it is easy to ask questions.

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Values: Abigail&Gregory: Love vs faithfulness, Mother: Authonomy vs shame, Simon: Comfortable life vs helping/protecting the weak, Helping the weak vs friendship.

What the Youth Worker should do?

Interpretation is very different. Perspective would change if age was mentioned. In youth work there are a lot of gray zones and we have to also protect ourselves.

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Principles of Youth Work: 1.

Youth work is not implemented in school, family or work place. Youth workers do not give advice(you will become responsible), we are modeling the situation: do an intervention, giving feedback. Youth worker is a friend, not a buddy - supports, tells the truth, does not agree all the time.

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Youth work is based on interpersonal relationship - based on empathy (ability to understand what the other person is feeling), walk the talk (if you claim certain things, you have to follow these principles in order to show an example), acceptance (do not try to push the young person in a frame), YW has to share something from their life in order to.

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Working with - individuals (hygiene, family, sexual topics), groups (events, trainings, methods, educational activities, anonymous question box to discuss a certain topic), environment (have to know which are their role models, who have an influence).

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Uses methods, forms attractive for youth 5.

Result of YW - competencies of youth (the aim is: youngster who is autonomous - who can solve their own problems, can solve their own problems and being an active member of society). Result is achieved by educational activities.

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YW has a integraly critical approach - do not pretend being one of them, be who you are, have a bit more professional distance between you and youngsters.

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YW is advocating for youth - talking positively about young people, in the name of young people and what young people can do.

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YW is not self-realization of youth worker - offer the things which are interesting for young people and which youngsters need not what competencies you have and what is interesting for you.

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Youth work is implemented where youth is 10.

Youth worker knows when to finish working with youth - when the aim has been reached, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ok for young people to go their own way, have to be able to evaluate when to involve other instances, when your competence is not enough.

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Group task: forms of youth work Open youth work - mother of youth work. Pros: open to everyone, inclusive, building a community, safe place, diversity of equipment and people. Cons - hard to reach for everybody, less diversity, space and time limit. In common in all countries - low payed, use the principles of YW, cooperation with municipality.

For every 20â&#x20AC;&#x2122;000 people there should be 1 Youth Center. 2 people in prison creates the same costs as 1 year of sustaining a whole youth center.

In LT 20%of all Young People are participating in NGOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, hoppy education, YC, 10% have health issues (they have activities specifically for them), 70% of people are not involved. Youth Centers have to have a seperate entrance to avoid tensions with other community members, and 2 youth workers.

Informational youth work: Digital youth work: Mobile YW - Operate on a schedule. Schools are not recommended as a place for mobile YW young people do not want to come back to the same place after school ends. 2 youth workers for safety reasons. Pros - more variety with outdoor activities, promotion for the YC, can cover more needs, Cons - more efforts to ensure safety, logistics procedures, stability and regularity is necessary, more youth workers are necessary, therefore additional funds are needed.

Detached YW - used in countries with squad culture, people living in the streets, working with youth in non-institutional environment (streets, cafes, other non formal meeting places). Pros each day is different, meet youth in their own comfort zone, you are outside in their reality not in the safe zone of a YC, Cons - safety (at least 2 YW), harder to build and develop trust, weather conditions, never-ending search for youth, have to adapt to different conditions. Outreach YW work outside with an aim to bring them inside in the youth center.

Youth work with volunteers - Pros - volunteers already have inner motivations, YW can make a deeper relationship with youth who are volunteers, giving and receiving competencies, Cons - balance between giving and receiving and having a common ground about it with the youth workers, challenging for the volunteer who comes from the same community to reach a necessary level of authority, leadership among the youngsters, not to take advantage of the volunteer, working with volunteers is very time-consuming. In LT have a national programme where volunteers can get 0.5 additional points when applying for university Youth policy - youth participation - Must be a cross-sectorial cooperation. Strategy on different levels EU -> national ->regional->local. On local level youth workers are encouraging, empowering and preparing young people to speak for themselves, thinking of creative ways how the message of young people could be delivered, sometimes advocates YP in conferences, seminars etc., creating a network.

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Session 3

1.

Treat Young Person with respect. Reporting drug use - Legal and moral dilemma between what you should, could and what you must tell. In Norway if it is a serious offence, you have to report it, if less serious, not obligatory. Share concern about the shady company, spare the details.

2.

Respect and promote Young People’s right to make their own decisions and choices - In case if the idea is somehow threatening, try to keep their ideas, but direct them to make minor adjustments in order to keep them un-harmful - for example, play poker on duties or on food items, let them go to sauna, but limit the time, eat as many sausages as we can in 1 minute. Discuss the reasons why they want to make these activities.

3.

Promote and ensure welfare and safety - allowed to push borders, but in a safe way.

4.

Contribute to the promotion of social justice for Young People and society in general 5.

Recognise the boundaries between personal and professional life - caring and supporting relationships. Discussion about professional and personal aspects is ok. Avoid talking about private subjects.

6.

Be accountable to Young Person - parents, colleagues, funders, society, and realise that interests might be in conflict.

7.

Develop and maintain skills and competencies.

8.

Make sure principles are discussed, upheld and evaluated.

Cities of learning It is important to acknowledge the fact that digital technology can be used for extra value in youth work and the use of it has to keep up with young people.

Open badges as a learning recognition tool first were introduced in US. In 2013 brought the badges to Lithuania. Now in development are “Cities of learning” project. Opportunity for youth workers for putting themselves on a map.

Transfer of training results to local reality What gains this TC will bring to: 1. My organization/institution 2. Me (my work, attitude/practice) 3. Young people 4. Local level (municipality, other YC)

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Evaluation, participants’ thoughts after the TC

- Youth work matters - i really believe in that. It has a huge impact, it is very important and meaningful for the young people and community.

- I really liked the flow of the process, feel very comfortable. Feel very inspired, excited, recharged. I want to learn and participate more, spread the word about the field - Sometimes you need to step back from daily work and see what you are really doing, see the big picture. There is always something new to learn and develop.

- I don’t like work without value, youth work really has it - a big value.

- I need more time to detach, I feel overwhelmed, but everything will come back and make sense even more than it does now.

- For me this TC was connecting the dots on how to use the previous experiences and there are a lot of opportunities in the future.

- I feel privileged and thankful to be a part of this.

- This TC has changed my mind-set quite a bit, I really like how youth work is changing my values, my personality. My resolution is to reflect more on a daily basis.

- In youth work it’s all about survival skills, something happens and you just have to deal with it.

- Knowledge is basically a pile of shit. If you spread it around, it helps stuff grow, otherwise it’s just a pile of shit.

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