Developing skills of youth workers – EMPOWERING youth work practices (3 cr)

Objective

Target group of this course: Youth workers, social workers or other professionals on youth sector.

• You will be introduced of successful youth work practices, which are used for social empowerment of young people in Europe.
• You will discuss with your colleagues from abroad the perspective of preventing social exclusion, enhancing empowerment and employability of youth.
• You get practical examples of empowering youthwork promoting inclusion, participation, empowerment, active citizenship, and employability.
• You understand the significance of these subjects in terms of well-being of youth.

Content

The course introduces successful youth work practices, which are used for social empowerment of young people in Europe.

The course is divided on five different sections
1) Getting to know your course colleagues
2) “Equality” and “Experiential learning”
3) “Employment” and “Online community/ mentoring”
4) Developing a new working method for yourself

All sections introduce best practice/ examples, methods, recommendations, and further readings/ information with text, articles, pictures, and videos.

Course material

The study material is accessible for everyone on the learning environment. All sections have their own interactive books that contain text about the topics, accessible external links to articles and videos followed by group discussion tasks.

Study forms and methods

The course is based on group activities and conversation tasks. In the beginning you get your own international group, and you proceed with the tasks together. Therefore, this course cannot be completed individually at your own pace.

This course does not include live lectures.

Student workload

The course covers 3 ECTS credits, totalling 81 hours of student work. The number of hours is theoretical and varies according to student effort.

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed