Critical Issues in Youth Work Management

Herausgeber: Ord, Jon

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This valuable textbook communicates the complexities and controversies at the heart of youth work management, exploring key issues in a critical fashion. Written by a team of experienced youth work lecturers, the chapters cover topics such as planning, evaluation and supervision, whilst acknowledging the changing structures of integrated services and the impact of public service reform. Divided into three sections, it covers: * Historical and theoretical context * Critical practice issues, for instance leadership, staff development, and structure and culture * Managing in different settings, for instance faith-based services and the voluntary section Aimed at youth work students studying for their professional qualification, this text encourages critical thinking about what management in youth work is and what it can be. It includes reflective questions and further reading, and case studies are integrated throughout.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 173mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780415594356
• ISBN-10: 0415594359
• Artikelnr.: 33379819

Autorenporträt

Jon Ord is Reader in Youth and Community Work at UCP Marjon, Plymouth, UK. He has worked as a youth worker for twenty years, and is the author of Youth Work Process, Product and Practice, as well as a number of articles concerning the theory and practice of youth work.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: The Context of Youth Work Management 1. From Advice to
Management: The Arrival of Youth Workers' Accountability 2. The Neo-Liberal
Policy Context of Youth Work Management 3. 'Theories' of Youth Work
Management Part 2: Critical Issues in the Practice of Youth Work Management
4. On Managerial Discourses, Cultures and Structures 5. Are Youth Work
Leaders Free to Lead? An Exploration of the Policy Constraints 6. Planning:
For Opportunities Not Outcomes 7. Evaluation: Ensuring Accountability or
Improving Practice? 8. Re-Balancing Supervision 9. Managing Centre-based
Youth Work 10. Towards an 'Intelligence-based' Approach to Detached Youth
Work Management Part 3: The Settings of Youth Work Management 11. Managing
Youth Work in Integrated Services 12. The Management of Faith-based Youth
Work 13. Managing in the Voluntary Sector: The Particular Challenges of
Managerialism