The intention of this book is to engage in a conversation about the core ethics of youth work
as a profession. It isn't the first conversation about this: for youth workers, the ethical …

Mentoring programs have experienced tremendous growth in the past decade, fueled in part
by an increased availability of funding for mentoring initiatives (Rhodes & DuBois, 2006) and …

A mixed-methods evaluation research study found that up to six years after engaging in a
youth work internship, young adults (N= 54) continued to regard that training and experience …

This article provides an overview of the history, development, and conceptual framework
guiding a national certification initiative for child and youth care workers. Summarized are …

Youth development leaders (YDLs) take diverse pathways to obtain the knowledge and
skills needed for youthwork, from progression through organizational positions with no …

Despite the concerns about professionalism among youth work practitioners in Malaysia,
valid and reliable instruments to measure the construct are lacking. This article reviews the …

After school programs have shown to be important for the safety and health of children.
Although research has shown the influence of job stress on the performance of staff in after …

The current study was designed to explore the delayed effect of participating in youth
mentoring programs, training in civic engagement, and activism on a sample of 337 Israelis …

Using a Web-based survey, this study examined youth workers' professional development
participation, preferences, and levels of agency support and the relationships between these …

The existing literature pertaining to youth work as a career is sparse, limited, and outdated,
with the literature that does exist representing a largely negative image of youth work as a …