On the other hand we know times are tough, and likely to get tougher. Jobs will be scarcer, money will be tighter. In the last major recession we also saw social unrest and some youth workers resentful of what they saw as a containing role they were being made to play.
How then could we reflect positively the role youth workers can play in helping young people through difficult times? We looked for inspiration to a book we published last year entitled Good Youth Work. In it, former HMI and leading youth work consultant Bryan Merton looked closely at what distinguished the practice of good youth workers. He identified four "Rs" that typify what youth workers build with young people: resilience, resourcefulness, resolve and relationships.
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