Long description

This is a Venn diagram, with three circles that overlap a little, each representing a category (or ‘family’) of work with young people. The three categories, with descriptions of what they involve, are:

Youth work: Informal education, usually with a significant element of group work; often based on voluntary engagement of young people

Youth social work: Care, education and control including advice, counselling, compulsory youth programmes (individual and group work); Youth training: formal education and training to prepare for jobs and enhance life skills (individual and group work)

Youth leisure work: Recreational activities often in groups, based on voluntary engagement; may have informal educational process and outcomes e.g. sports teams