CASE CASE STUDY STUDY33 Personal and Social Development Group Work Programme (DGW) The Clare Youth Service Personal and Social Development Programme offered young people opportunities to discuss and explore issues that are important to them. The programme has been carefully designed to assist participants with their social and personal development.
amination of the programme which needed to be addressed.
When this course was introduced over thirty there was a recognised need for young people to examine areas of importance in their lives through the unique approach of group work.
2. While the evidence of learning and progression by facilitators and young people has been recorded this information has not been collated or presented in a way that could promote the programme to support the training needs of other professionals and volunteers.
For staff and volunteers there was a need for training in this method whereby the workers and volunteers move towards realising that they can facilitate the young people to learn more from each other then they can teach the young people directly. These basic needs are still the case and while the evidence from the programme is very positive some gaps/questions emerged from our baseline ex-
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1. Very few volunteers from youth clubs and projects deliver the programme at this time. This is in contrast to the early years.
3. There is no formal long term record of the impact this programme has had on the lives of those who took part.
The Programme The programme took place over 10 weeks where trained youth workers and Volunteers worked with
