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De betekenis van het jongerenwerk voor preventie

The relevance of professional youth work for preventionProfessional youth work is one of the social work professions. Dutch municipalities need insight into the contribution of professional youth work to prevention and reduction of youth care. In this paper we analyze data collected between 2011-2015 on the functioning and results of four classic youth work methods: ‘Group work’, ‘Detached Youth Work’, ‘Information and Advice’ and ‘Counselling Services’. The studies were explorative and have been analyzed with descriptive statistics. We conclude that the contribution of professional youth work can be: (1) to form an alternative for a significant other and/or positive peer groups in the neighborhood; (2) to strengthen the self-awareness and forethought of young people; (3) to strengthen the societal and economic participation of young people; and (4) to target institutions. Effect-research is needed to determine the actual contribution.

Listening to Children and Parents

Divorce is a common and complex phenomenon with high social impact, especially when it involves pervasive conflict. This chapter discusses an analytic content-based framework for gaining an in-depth understanding of divorce. It considers seven inter- related dimensions: time, conflict, relationships, violence, systems, cooperation and communication. Each dimension can be further related to the exacerbating factors of addiction and psychiatric illness. This analytical method points the way to de- escalating domestic conflict and sometimes intimate violence after divorce by listen- ing to and properly interpreting the voices of children and parents. Partner violence and controlling behaviour before, during and after divorce can arise from the struggle of one partner to attack and diminish the other, or by both partners contending for power as the family breaks up. The resulting conflict can disrupt the parental partner- ship in ways that traumatize them and interfere with their children’s right to grow up in safe surroundings, nurtured and guided by both parents. Social professionals who respond effectively are able to look beyond stereotypes to sense the unique and subtle patterns underlying the intense and persistent discord characteristic of high-conflict divorce. Only when the particular aspects of those patterns are understood and prop- erly addressed can (co-) parenting be restored to assure the children of post-divorce safety and well-being.

Methodiekbeschrijving groepswerk in het jongerenwerk

De hervonden waarde van groepswerk

Vaker individuele hulpvragen verbinden met collectieve wijkvoorzieningen, is het devies voor buurt- en wijkteams. Dat is zeker zinvol, maar er zijn nog meer smaken bij collectieve hulpverlening dan ‘de buurt’. Een pleidooi voor differentiatie, kennisontwikkeling en training in groepswerk.

Groepswerk met jongeren in de wijk

Groepswerk met jongeren is effectiever dan een-op-een begeleiding. Maar ondanks een lange traditie in het werken met groepen jongeren, is de systematische methodiekontwikkeling tot nu toe beperkt gebleven. Het vertalen van de theorie met betrekking tot groepswerk en groepsdynamica naar praktische handelingskennis voor het begeleiden van groepen jongeren in de leeftijd van 10 tot en met 23 jaar blijkt lastiger dan gedacht.

Groepswerk