The fading turquoise cover, yellowed pages and three-and-sixpence price suggest an irrelevant account from the 1960s, with outdated language, a disproportionate focus on white males, dubious working practices and the quaint notion of teenagers attending dancing halls.
But resist the temptation to leave this antique on the shelf. Essentially, The Unattached charts the embryonic stages of detached youth work.
It outlines case studies from three contrasting areas, including worker recordings and an examination of approaches applied. References to processes of developing, delivering, maintaining and evaluating detached provision abound. The book advocates the importance of reconnaissance, area profiling, resource allocation and targeting. It also recognises that needs-led services exist only where relationships are carefully negotiated, allowing mutual trust, respect and understanding to develop. As such, it provides a step-by-step guide to developing detached projects.
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