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Current Issues in Youth Work Training in the Major English-Speaking Countries

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Whilst youth work may appear to operate within similar parameters across the developed world, there are interesting differences, given the differing demographic youth profiles in each nation state. Youth workers work with young people, sometimes during very difficult times in their lives, helping them to become the best versions of who they are and can be.

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Brooker, J. (2014). Current Issues in Youth Work Training in the Major English-Speaking Countries. In: Belton, B. (eds) ‘Cadjan – Kiduhu’. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-767-4_7

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