TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ross,Laurie
AU  - Capra, Shane
AU  - Carpenter, Lindsay
AU  - Hubbell, Julia
AU  - Walker, Katherin
TI  - Dilemmas in youth work and youth development practice
SN  - 9781138843950 (hardback)
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York, Oxon, United Kingdom
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Youth workers
KW  - United States
KW  - Employee motivation
KW  - Career development
KW  - Youth Organizations
KW  - Youth Centres
KW  - Social Workers
KW  - Youth
KW  - Career Development
KW  - Youth Workers
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Becoming a youth worker -- Learning to "read" : cultivating ecological intelligence -- Navigating inexperience : how reflection guides practice for a novice youth worker -- Balancing high expectations, program structure, and youth realities : making kids fit -- The program or the program fit the kids -- Balancing conflicting values from home, a youth organization, and the community : keeping youth wellbeing at the center of youth work -- Youth worker and organizational responses to risky behavior and dangerous situations -- Balancing youth privacy with the youth worker's need for information : the importance of organizational support in dilemma resolution -- Activating personal knowledge to balance the needs of high-risk youth with the safety of others in the program -- "When I heard who it was, I knew it wasn't a real gun" : "reading" the context to maintain safety -- "Do they think we're not in charge?" : addressing dilemmas that arise in a social justice youth development approach -- Cross-cutting themes and implications for youth worker professional development
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