Cardiff Youth Service

ABOUT US

WHO WE ARE

Cardiff Youth Service are part of Cardiff Council’s Education department. We work with young people aged 11-25 to develop personalsocial and educational development giving them somewhere to go and somewhere to grow. We do this in localities throughout Cardiff. Youth Work seeks to challenge and enable young people to reach their unique full potential.

We work with young people in a variety of settings offering an integrated Youth Work model that is open and accessible to all but also seeks to provide more targeted support to those young people that need it most.

About us

Our youth workers and youth support workers are a nationally qualified, registered workforce. Children’s rights and the UNCRC is embedded in all of the work we do, we seek to ensure that young people are equal partners and Cardiff council are committed to our partnership with UNICEF with  Cardiff proud to be a Child-Friendly City .

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Our youth workers and youth support workers are a nationally qualified, registered workforce.

Our engagement with young people takes place in youth centres, youth clubs, on the street (where young people are!), in schools, and in communities. We also engage in digital spaces, and you can follow our various social media channels to find out more. We are committed to collaboration and forming partnerships in communities throughout Cardiff. Contact us to find out more.

Our engagement with young people takes place in youth centres, youth clubs, on the street (where young people are!), in schools, online, and in communities. 

We also engage in digital spaces, and you can follow our various social media channels to find out more.

We are committed to collaboration and forming partnerships in communities throughout Cardiff.

What is Youth Work?

The aim of Youth Work is to enable young people to develop holistically, working with them to facilitate their personal, social and educational development, to enable them to develop their voice, influence and place in society and to reach their full potential.

This is the definition of youth work outlined within the National Occupational Standards.

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However, Youth Work is more than a range of statements or commitments.

The aim of Youth Work is to enable young people to develop holistically, working with them to facilitate their personal, social and educational development, to enable them to develop their voice, influence and place in society and to reach their full potential. This is the definition of youth work outlined within the National Occupational Standards.

However, Youth Work is more than a range of activities and opportunities it goes further than making statements or commitments.

Youth Work is based on the ability to develop and maintain working relationships with young people. The fundamental starting point is the voluntary relationship and ensuring young people are actively participating in the co-production of any work undertaken with them. The Principles and Purposes of Youth Work outline five pillars; educative, empowering, participative, inclusive and expressive, these are further clarified in the following link.

 

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