WORK PLACEMENT

Work Placement

Work Placement

Introduction

The main propose of the work placement is to learn new skills and practice the knowledge that is acquired at University. This will make you more Professional in practice, and enable your confidence to grow in your chosen future career. Work placements helps me to put into practice all I have learnt during the three years at University and to put theory into action, through the placement I'll be able to write a project about my participation, experience and issues found in the organisation and the experience acquired during the placement; this includes, teamwork, being familiar with my work environment, structure of the organisation, confidentiality, writing a report and communication. In addition to this, it will prepare me to start work with all the expectation, motivation and skills to succeed. On the other hand, work placement is also profitable for the employer, when using a student's knowledge. “ work experience means different things to different people but in essence it is any form of work that you do before you start your career. Event experience you get as part of your career (after graduation) can be counted as work experience. All work gives some experience, the experience could take the form of short term, long term (e.g. one year) or part-time employment, and could be paid or unpaid”.

What is youth work? Where did it come from? What is the state of practice today? We explore the development of the theory and practice of youth work by using crisis intervention and task centered theories.

The meaning of the term 'youth work' is difficult to pin down. When people talk about youth work they can mean very different things. For example, they might be describing work with a group of Guides; running a youth club; making contact with different groups of young people on an estate; mentoring a young person; or facilitating a church fellowship; or tutoring on a mountain walking course. Over the years contrasting traditions of youth work have emerged and developed. To understand what youth work is, therefore, it is important to look at how different ways of thinking about, and doing, youth work emerged and gradually took shape. When we do this it is possible to identify some key things that define youth work.

It is difficult to say when the term 'youth work' came into widespread usage. Some historians point to the development of Sunday Schools associated with churches and chapels in last few years of the eighteenth century, and, in particular, the activities of pioneers such as Robert Raikes and Hannah More as an important forerunner of the work. Sunday Schools: schools often used more informal ways of working and later developed a range of activities including team sports and day trips. It is also possible to look to the emergence of ragged schools in the first half of the nineteenth century as precursors of youth work. These schools were run by volunteers and aimed at the many children and young people who, by virtue ...