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Youth workers

Youth workers need…

to be aware of and able to articulate the role and mission of the youth workers, and not to lend themselves to aims and activities that fall outside the realm of the core principles.

to continuously and critically reflect on how their own actions, as well as local objectives, methods and ways of organising activities comply with the core principles.

to see youth work as a process of mutual learning and to see the need for constant competence development.

to have the competences, i.e. knowledge, skills, attitudes and values, necessary for carrying out youth work in accordance with the principles and actions described in this Charter.

to see the need for, and seek ways to support young people to self-organise.

to see the need for, and seek ways to engage young people in all stages of the youth work process.

to create an enabling and trustful environment that is actively inclusive, empowering and socially engaging, creative and safe, fun and serious, playful and planned.

to be driven by the will to support young people in their personal and social development.

to act within a clear ethical framework, based on the core principles stated above, the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child and the European Convention on Human Rights.

Introduction

The needs listed in this section are the ones that are specific to youth workers. There are of course many other needs that should be met if youth worker should be able to do their best and youth work provision should function as intended. Both paid and voluntary youth workers need good working conditions, physical as well as mental. Paid youth workers also need fair salaries, clearly regulated working hours and much more. These requirements are, however, valid for all kinds of work and hence not listed here.

These bullet points state what a youth worker needs in terms of motivation, attitudes and competence in order to act in accordance with the core principles.

One important factor related to personal motivation and professional well-being is, however, having clear aims and a well-recognized role and position in society. Hence, the realization of this charter is, in itself, an important answer to the needs of European youth workers.

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