Interprofessioneel samenwerken tussen onderwijs- en jeugdhulpprofessionals is belangrijk om leerlingen met een ingewikkelde zorgvraag goed te ondersteunen, zowel op beleids- als op uitvoeringsniveau. Maar de vraag is hoe dit moet worden vormgegeven. Dit artikel gaat in op de ervaringen van professionals, …

Girls Work, as one of the methods used by professional youth work, focuses on helping vulnerable girls to shape their own lives (a capacity also referred to as ‘agency’). In this study, it is hypothesised that the methodical principles (i.e. the guiding principles of the methodical actions of the youth …

This article explores the challenges local youth workers face at the intersection of providing social care and detecting violent extremism. Extremism and other radical ideologies are often assumed to be a harbinger of terrorism. Even though both are still a rare phenomenon among adolescents, European …

The year 2018 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Turkish migrants settling in the Netherlands. A significant number of Turks, approximately 400,000, currently live in the Netherlands; many are born there, and know Turkey only from visiting it on holiday. Integration has been successful for the majority …

This following report contains the bachelor paper as part of the study at the “Saxion Hogeschool” in the specific faculty of social services. The main question to that studie is: “In which way can and should medial knowledge be part of the professionality of a social worker within the field of Open Child …

In many Western welfare states, social work services that have traditionally been provided by paid employees are being replaced by family support, community support, informal networks and volunteering. For the field of social work, it is relevant to know what it matters to beneficiaries whether services …

In times of mediatization society becomes a digital character which has an influence on every single person. Social Networking, by using web 2.0, is an everyday way to communicate with others in the whole world. Especially the youth is socialized with a high number of opportunities to use media and researches …

This article presents an evaluation study of a case management method for child protection services, the Delta Method for Family Supervision, in terms of supervision order duration and occurrence and duration of out-of-home placements. Additionally, case and case manager characteristics were examined. …

Dit rapport bevat een reconstructie van de door het jongerenwerk van Combiwel ontwikkelde aanpak in de Diamantbuurt en de Rivierenbuurt in Stadsdeel Zuid in Amsterdam. Deze ‘methodiekbeschrijving’ is bedoeld om de benadering van het jongerenwerk inzichtelijk te maken voor externe stakeholders, zoals …

Hoofdstuk in The history of youth work in Europe and its relevance for youth policy today. Youth work in the Netherlands goes back a long way and since the 1970s has taken on a rather strong professional image. During the last decades, it went through some hard times, but recently it has undergone a …