Product Description

'What Every Volunteer Youth Worker Should Know' is written for busy volunteers who need to know the basics.

Written by Danny Brierley, a youth worker with over 15 years of experience, 'What Every Volunteer Youth Worker Should Know' provides a foundation of knowledge, tips and resources for those who work with young people. Chapters cover, among other things, child protection, group work, outreach and programme planning.

'This is a book that every volunteer youth worker should read. It would be almost irresponsible not to.'
Steve Chalke, Founding Director, Oasis Trust.

Danny's lively and concise writing style, combined with the very practical and encouraging content, will appeal to busy volunteers.

In addition, a Resource Directory and Ideas Factory, containing 50 'tried and tested' ideas, make 'What Every Volunteer Youth Worker Should Know' the essential book for all those who work with young people.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #396767 in Books
• Published on: 2003-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

From the Author
I have been involved with young people and youth workers for over 15 years as both a paid youth worker or 'full timer' and as a volunteer or 'extra-timer'. Currently I combine both, working full-time for Oasis Trust and serving as a volunteer at Chawn Hill Christian Centre, Stourbridge.

What Every Volunteer Youth Worker Should Know is written for all those, like me, who strive to do the right thing by young people. It is both a training guide and resource book.

Customer Reviews

Christian
I was very excited to get this book, but was equally disappointed to discover that the book was predominantly advocating Christian ministry work, not secular youth work. This fact was NOT made clear in the book's synopsis. Nor was this fact made clear on the front cover or blurb of the book itself; only the writers' names indicate the ideological connection. To comment on the book: playing 'Jenga with bible passages' will not do the job in the real world, where I have to help, among others, homosexual young people with drink and drug problems.

Useful, but not massively inspiring
This book is written to be used by youth workers in a church context. However there are several practical advice chapters, including sections on safe practice and ways of building relationships with your youth that would make this book useful for those engaged in secular work. It definitely looks into the youthclub based youth work, rather than giving out much advice on how specifically to carry out bible studies or prayer meetings with young people, say. It also does not go into much deatil on handling serious issues young people may be going through, such as drug problem or abuse. Presumably because this book is focussed written for volunteer youth workers rather than professionals. However it does offer useful advice for running youth clubs wher young people can feel saf enough to be open. Its good for volunteer youth workers who have some degree of autonomy, either because there is not full time worker or because the volunteer has responsibility for a club themselves. Therefore it should probably be viewed as a book on running a youth club, that uses christian examples to illustrate its points. Alot of the ideas suggested are probably more suitable for younger youth clubs (11-14 year olds) than 15-18 year olds. It is useful and the resources section is immense but it doesnt necessarily inspire me.