Supporting Individuals in Youth and Community Work Practice

SUPPORTING
INDIVIDUALS IN
YOUTH AND
COMMUNITY
WORK PRACTICE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1. Key Legislations to Youth and Community Work Practice.................................................1
P2. Description of ensuring development and contribution of youth and community workers. 2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................2
P3. Description of utilisation of youth and community work by local community initiatives...2
P4. Explanation of responsibilities of different youth and community workers.........................3
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................3
P5. Description of responsibilities of youth and community workers in multidisciplinary
teams...........................................................................................................................................3
P6. Explanation of value of multidisciplinary approach.............................................................4
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................5
P7. Description of range of key issues of inequality and their impact........................................5
P8. Analysis of impact of key issues on development and well-being.......................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Community work refers to appropriate and effective work of several social groups and
clusters towards supporting individuals throughout different phases of their lives (Sanders and et.
al., 2015). The report below is based on UK Youth, which is care centre within the United
Kingdom. The assignment deals with exploration of approaches towards youth and community
work practice. Moreover, it also covers description of roles and responsibilities of youth and
community development workers in facilitating community initiatives. In addition to this, the
report emphasises on review of role of multidisciplinary teams in enabling youth and community
work practice. Exploration of impact of contemporary issues of inequality in society on young
people and role of social and community work in addressing the same.
TASK 1
P1. Key Legislations to Youth and Community Work Practice
It is highly essential to understand and implement certain youth and community work
practice legislations, which would provide an insight on certain guidelines required to be
followed by the youth care home in relation to ensuring effective youth and community work
practice. Some of these key legislations with this respect is mentioned below: Children and Social Work Act, 2017: One of the most prominent legislation is
associated with welfare of young children, along with extending support for promotion of
their safeguarding and well-being (Children and Social Work Act 2017, 2019). As per
this act, the youth centre is required to act in children's best interest, along with providing
emphasis on their mental and physical health., through providing appropriate care.
 UK Youth Policy: In addition to the legislation above, there are several policies too
which govern youth and social work practice. For example, the national youth policy
within the UK has governed several legislations and practices which covers aspects like
social inclusion of their youth, promoting a positive culture and creativity, enhancing
their education and so forth. Hence, the care home is required to adhere to this policy, in
relation to ensuring accomplishment of their agenda in an appropriate manner (Coady and
Lehmann, 2016).
The importance of the above legislation could be reflected by the fact that it provides
effective guidelines to youth centres like UK Youth of how best to involve them into practice.
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