CSV volunteers in child protection projects and successfully recruits and matches both male and female volunteers with families. Research shows that volunteers enhance the support offered and greatly improve the lives of families with one or more children at risk of neglect and significant harm. The volunteers have no statutory powers but can create a unique relationship with families, turning a chaotic, dysfunctional home into a happier, stable and safe environment.
Jill Williams, CSV, development director
Explaining youth work
Howard Williamson identifies the growing interest in finding out what youth workers actually do (Youth Work Now, 1 November). Youth workers surely do need to capture the detail. But we also need to do this in a way that is sympathetic to, rather than disregarding of, youth work's human character. Putting values at the heart of evaluation systems is part of reclaiming the values of our work. Something more creative is called for.
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