Reports published King’s College London find that “formal evaluation and monitoring practices were rarely effective or appropriate in gaining an accurate understanding of the importance of youth work for young people”.
The study of the experiences and views of youth workers placed in youth clubs, street-based initiatives and in specialist programmes supporting specific groups of young people, notes that “they were committed to and passionate about their work, but often felt marginalised in decision making relating to policy and practice”.
“Some elements of their work – particularly bureaucratic monitoring procedures – got in the way of them developing person-centred, trusting relationships with the young people they directly worked with, despite these informal connections being key to successful youth work,” the research paper adds.
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