To mark this milestone, this series of extracts or summaries reflects on aspects of youth policy and youth work practice over the past 25 years, as featured in the 100th issue.
VALUING YOUTH WORK
TONY JEFFS AND MARK K. SMITH
What is happening to youth work is not unprecedented and all is not lost. We can never go back but we can rebuild and rescue what is worthwhile if we so desire. Individual workers and managers, by deepening their appreciation of youth work, being open to the call of community, and having an eye for opportunity, can push boundaries. They can develop more relational and open forms of work with young people. The space to do this varies with the setting and with how far agencies have been pulled into practice that is concerned with monitoring, management and the achievement of centrally-defined outcomes.
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