As we mentioned yesterday, there are many different types of youth work out there. There are even many differences between the same type of youth work based on different factors.
For example, the work that you’d do with homeless young people in New York will be quite different to the work you’d do with homeless young people in a slum in Kenya. Similarly, social work with youth in the UK will likely have a different approach to social work with youth in New Zealand due to different challenges, cultures, issues, etc.
New Series
To give you (and us personally!) a better idea of the different types of youth work around the world, we’re starting a new series that will be published every Wednesday. Each week, we’ll be interviewing a different youth worker who will share about their specific type of youth work:
- What’s unique about their niche
- Challenges they face
- What’s great about their type of youth work
- Any training or qualifications you need
- And much more!
We’re hoping this series will prove to be a useful resource to youth workers like yourself around the world, giving you a better idea of the diversity in global youth work and being an opportunity to share best practice with each other.
Get Involved
We’d therefore love to hear from you! We want to interview as many youth workers as we can in order to cover the different types of youth work. If you’d like to be part of this project, please get in touch and let us know what type of youth work you do. If it’s not an area we already have covered, we’ll send you the questions as we’d appreciate your expertise.
List Of Different Types Of Youth Work
Here’s a list of just some of the youth work niches that are out there – we’ll be adding links to each of the interviews as we go along. If you can think of any other types of youth work, let us know in the comments below and we’ll update the list with those too:
- Shae Pepper – Prevention Training Specialist in the US
- Gemma Dunning – LGBT Youth Worker in the UK
- Benjamin Kerns – Senior High Youth Pastor in the US
- Johnah Josiah – Youth Worker in Kenya
- Josh Shipp – Youth Speaker in the US & Worldwide
- Aaron Garth – Local Government Youth Worker in Australia
- Brent Lacy – Rural Youth Pastor in the US
- Terry Linhart – Youth Ministry Professor in the US
- Sam Ross – Youth Justice Worker in the UK
- Stephen Pearson – Deputy Youth Services Manager in the UK
- Shae Pepper – Girl Scout Troop Leader in the US
- Adam Griffith – Youth Worker in Thailand
- Rachel Blom – Youth Worker in Germany
- Laura Statesir – LGBT Youth Worker in the US
- Mildred Talabi – Careers Advice Youth Worker in the UK
- Neels Redelinghuys – Youth Pastor in South Africa
- Shae Pepper – Schools Project Coordinator in the UK
- Development education
- Homeless – crisis (thanks to Aaron for these homeless sub-categories)
- Homeless – long-term
- Homeless – health
- Homeless – government housing
- Housing
- Middle school youth ministry
- Jr high youth ministry
- Schools work
- Emergency foster parenting
- Foster parenting
- Youth clubs
- Urban
- Scouting
- Prince’s Trust (UK)
- Outreach / detached
- Apprenticeships
- After school
- Skills training
- Mission trips
- Prison
- Catholic
- Gang mediation
- Restorative justice
- Duke of Edinburgh Award (UK)
- Affluent youth
- Low-income youth
- Sexual health
- Sex and relationships
- Mentoring
- Tutoring
- Dance
- Drama
- Music
- Film
- Visual arts
- Youth journalism
- Politics
- Youth participation
- Youth council
- Social work
- Mental health
- Youth with disabilities
- Muslim
- Hindu
- Sikh
- Substance abuse
- Youth retreat / residential
- Slum
- Farming / agriculture
- Unemployed young people
- Career advice
- Activity centers
- Wilderness
- Group homes
- Faith-based scouting (AWANA)
- Sports
- YMCA
- Recreation centers
- Volunteering
- Boys & Girls Clubs of America
- Domestic violence
- Sexual abuse
- Physical abuse
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