Prepare a community profile of group of young people. Include relevant background information such as demographics, key community issues pertaining to young people as well as any youth work or programs that may have been previously undertaken.

Summary: Prepare a community profile of group of young people. Include relevant background information such as demographics, key community issues pertaining to young people as well as any youth work or programs that may have been previously undertaken.

The main tasks include:

1.Introduction–Introduction your topicand provide an outlineof your essay.

2.Define Youth Work–Using relevantacademicliterature provide a definition of youth work.

3.CommunityProfile–Identify and presentayoung person’s community, include ONE social need (i.e. homelessness, drugs/alcohol, mental healthand so on).

Review and discuss relevant academic literature on your community-At least FOURAcademic Journal Articles.Give attention to social, emotional and/orcultural factors relevant to the chosen community.

4.Risk–Identify the key riskfactorsand behaviours, i.e. what are the adults (teachers, parents) worried about?

5.Media–Analysis of the young person’s community as it is represented in the media, with reference to ONEmedia story.Provide an opinion on how the young person’s community has been represented.

6.Stakeholders–Identification of relevant stakeholder/services in the young person’s community, i.e. what stakeholders/servicesare importantfor a young person in this community?

7.Youth Work Application–How would a youth worker engage a young person from the chosen community? Consider approach, skills, barriers and aim of engagement.

8.Conclusion–Reviewyour key points.

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