The No1 Ethical retailer for Books, CD’s, DVD’s & Games
30 Day Refund Guarantee

Youth Work Practice: 20 (Practical Social Work Series)

Youth Work Practice: 20 (Practical Social Work Series)

by Tony Jeffs (Author), Mark K. Smith (Contributor)

  • Used

    Paperback 2010

    $7.38

  • Used

    Paperback 1987

    $4.33
Synopsis

A contemporary reflection on current practice, this book gets to the heart of what 'youth work' is about. It provides an in-depth overview and analysis of practice,addressing the many experiences of working with young people through insightful chapters written by practitioners themselves.

$7.38

Save:$29.06 (80%)

Quantity

1 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 208
 Edition: 2nd Revised edition
 Publisher: Red Globe Press
Published: 06 Jan 2010
ISBN 10: 0230543022
ISBN 13: 9780230543027
Book Overview: HUW BLACKER DAVID COLLANDER-BROWN, Qualified Counsellor and Professional Development Manager, Connexions Service DOD FORREST, Youth Worker and member of the Rowan Group, University of Aberdeen. RUTH GILCHRIST, Training and Development Officer, UK Youth. SEAN HARTE, Youth Worker, Middlesbrough UK. GINA MACLEOD GILL MILLAR, Qualified Youth and Community Worker HOWARD NURDEN, Head of Youth and Children's Work for a national voluntary organisation GILL PATTON, Training Officer CAROLE PUGH, Qualified Youth Worker and Voice and Influence Co-ordinator for statutory youth service. JOHN ROSE, prior to recent retirement was Head of Youth Strategy Branch, Department of Education, Children and Lifelong Learning, Welsh Assembly HEATHER SMITH, Qualified youth worker and teacher, running the student referral unit in a large school in south London.

Author Bio
TONY JEFFS is an Honorary Lecturer at Durham University, UK, and Visiting Tutor at Ruskin College, Oxford, and Bedfordshire University, UK. Amongst his many publications are Young People and the Youth Service (1979); Youth Work (1988 with Mark Smith); Henry Morris (1999) Informal Education (1999 with Mark Smith) and Essays in the History of Youth Work (2001) and Architects of Change. Studies in the history of community and youth work (2004) (both edited with Ruth Gilchrist and Jean Spence). Tony is Editor of the journal Youth and Policy.

MARK K. SMITH specializes in the field of informal education and community learning. He is the Rank Research Fellow and Tutor at YMCA George Williams College, London, UK, and has been a Visiting Professor in Community Education, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He has worked as a careers officer, youth and community worker, and project worker. He studied economics and politics at the University of Lancaster, and did his doctorate in the philosophy of education at the University of London.