Developing Detached Youth Work Practice Erasmus Project

Project Title

Developing Detached Youth Work Practice

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for youth

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Health and wellbeing; Inclusion – equity; Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Project Summary

Project was a partnership between Agenzija Zghazagh in Malta, Asociatia Centrul pentru Dezvoltare Comunitara Durabila in Romania, Stichting JONG Rotterdam in the Netherlands and YMCA George Williams College in the UK. The Project aimed to develop and strengthen detached youth work services in the partner countries through the exchange of good practice and peer learning and support. The project looked at and learnt from existing services and evaluated the newly established services in Malta and Romania. It developed quality assurance tools that can be used in a detached youth work settings working with youth at risk of social exclusion. It drew on the experience achieved by the Dutch and UK partners to enable the Maltese and Romanian partner organisations to develop their practice in a manner consistent with best practice.

This was achieved through the provision of training, supervision and mentoring to youth work managers involved in the setting up of new detached youth work services; the provision of training to youth workers that allowed for observation of existing projects and the sharing of experiences; the drawing up of polices and procedures in line with quality assurance systems; the evaluation of new and existing services through a range of methods including observation, interviews and documentation of activities; The project published an evaluation report which also includes a good practice guideline when establishing outreach and detached youth work services. A number of multiplier events were held in order to disseminate the results of the project.

Outcomes include an increased capacity of the Romanian and Maltese partners to implement detached youth work services and to monitor their effectiveness as well as offer the required support to youth workers involved in service provision.

The Romanian partner sought to establish links with community leaders such as local councils in order to ensure that the project could continue beyond the duration of the project. In Malta the service of detached youth work continues through national funds now that the pilot phase has been completed.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 142129,25 Eur

Project Coordinator

AGENZIJA ZGHAZAGH & Country: MT

Project Partners

• YMCA George Williams Company
• ASOCIATIA CENTRUL PENTRU DEZVOLTARE COMUNITARA DURABILA (CDCD)
• Stichting JONG Rotterdam