THE YOUTH ASSOCIATION

Our detached youth work teams across Barnsley offer opportunities for young people to achieve their ambitions through fun, inspirational, challenging and developmental youth work. Street-based training, informal education and social action projects are among many methods we adopt to support young people. We also consistently deliver our StreetSmart initiative which includes workshops such as: Substance use and harm reduction, risk and consequence, sexual health, healthy relationships, stop and search rights, and more.  

Young People describe what we do as: 

• “The youth workers do their best to make it fun for us but also life lessons at the same time” 
• “My favourite session was the healthy relationships session because it was fun and useful to my life” 
• “It’s fun, get to be with friends, no one judges you, it’s useful and helps us learn” 

Who? 

Open access, predominantly 11-19 

Where? 

Detached youth work teams are out across the Central, Stairfoot, Worsbrough, Kingstone, Monk Bretton, Royston, North East and Cudworth wards on weekday sessions.  

Training and Volunteering Opportunities

The Youth Association deliver Youth Work Practice Level 2 Award and Level 3 Certificate

Youth Work

Helping young people improve their lives is as important today as it has been ever before. Youth workers help young people stay on the right path in life, help them reach their potential and help young people become whoever they want to be in life. Youth workers recognise that human beings are social creatures who can learn, develop and grow through collaboration with those around them. To help young people develop, they facilitate social situations, in which young people work within their peer groups, taking part in challenging and developmental activities.

Course content

On the course, you’ll study a variety of areas relating to young people. You’ll learn about how young people behave and how groups and communities interact. The course covers the essential elements of modern youth work theory and practice.

The Youth Work course effectively blends the academic and the practical. As well as written/portfolio work and classroom learning, it provides learners with a hands-on introduction to working with young people. The course ensures you’ve had many hours of practical experience in wide range of settings, such as youth clubs, sports projects, creative/arts groups and within community settings.

Units include:

• Engaging and communicating with young people
• Theory of Youth Work
• Young people's development
• Safeguarding
• Group work with a youth work setting
• Challenging behaviour in youth work settings
• Anti-discriminatory Practice in youth work
• Work-based practice in youth work
• Reflective practice in a youth work setting

Who?

Free to volunteers within organisations working with young people – in receipts of benefits

Where?

Contact The Youth Association for more details