Working with young people: roles and responsibilities

Introduction

In this unit, we look at the roles that are taken when working with young people. We focus on what those working with young people actually do, starting with some analysis of roles. We show that, in the context of work with young people, the term is more than simply a statement about who does what: it also says something about the kinds of relationships we form with young people and the values we bring to our work. We then move on to discuss roles in relation to the ‘bigger picture’ of organisations and projects that are concerned with young people.

This unit is an adapted extract from the Open University course Introduction to working with young people (E131). [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]