Opportunities and Challenges: Child and Youth Care Practice in a School-Based Setting
The establishment of child and youth care work within educational settings does present important opportunities for the CYC practitioner, as well as significant challenges for consideration. Upon critical reflection, several questions are raised in where I must consider the possible advantages and areas of concern, and to further examine my purpose and place when working within such an environment. 1) What is my role within this environment, and how might I as a CYC practitioner be situated within the context of the organization? 2) What are some of the possible barriers or limitations I may encounter, and how might these impede upon effective interventions in addressing and providing for the needs of the youth I would be working with? 3) How might I establish and define my role as distinguished from that of others, and how might I be perceived by other professionals in the school? 4) What is entailed when working within an interdisciplinary team, and what would be my place within this specific context? These questions address particular issues as I consider carefully the possible implications of working within such an environment, and to become increasingly aware of what is entailed with regards to several components of school-based child and youth care practice.
As Sapin (2009) indicates, the presence of a child and youth care practitioner as a member of the staff provides for an opportunity in “accessing young people who may not have taken part in youth work activities” otherwise (p. 32). As this would imply, school-based CYC practice has the potential to provide for the needs of youth within schools in a unique way, where these needs may no...
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.... As Garabaghi (2011) notes, in regards to operating within teams, the issue of confidentiality may become problematic within a team context. Although there may be “a clear understanding that the relationship between practitioner and child ought to be governed by confidentiality, there is also an understanding that information about children needs to be shared amongst those who might also be engaged with that child” (p. 84). Thus, this may create an ethical dilemma in where I must consider what the implications are in regards to maintaining confidentiality while also not compromising best practices, and in turn, the well-being of the youth in question. What are the criteria that would guide me in ensuring I maintain ethical standards in such a situation? As such, the concern for me is what information I would be able to divulge, and how much without breaching trust.
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A Child and Youth professional (CYC) support adults in their lives in countless ways. They act as advocate, mentor and teacher to parents that are or have been in difficult situations. Some of these situations are but not limited to teaching parents to cook and clean, create a safe environment for their children that may be involved and they also facilitate crisis intervention.
working with a child as an individual can show the practitioner if that child needs help in a certain area of development and also if that child is in the correct age band of the eyfs, if they child is below in any then the practitioner can help put some needs& activities in place for this child to help their development. Help with
Listening to and involving children and young adult in delivering of services, and respond to their concerns.
In the poem by Joy Harjo called “Eagle Poem,” Harjo talks about prayer and life and how they revolve around mother-nature. She suggests that while being one with nature, we feel we are in a place in which we haven’t imagined and the things in which we would love to do in that magnificent and calming place. After one reads the poem, he/she enjoys the lyrical type of it. This is because “Eagle Poem” sticks to one idea and extends it throughout the entire poem. For instance, it talks about prayer, nature, and animals from start to finish.
...ths and weaknesses in order to, improve my practice in the role of supporting children and young people. My learning can have a positive impact on future practice as it enhances the quality of children and young people’s health, safety and well-being.
The images related to birds are the major symbolic images in the narrative from the very beginning of the novel:
...be seen gave the author a clear vision on how child protection has developed. Looking at the death of children and discussing them also gave some answers on how children services have developed over time over the years. In the evaluation the author discussed Tthe benefits and challenges offered by inter-agency and inter-professional partnership work have also been considered and it has emerged . By weighing the pros and cons of the author finds out that there is limited evidence on the outcomes for children and families. Even though a number of outcomes were discussed by Atkinson et al., their review provides evidence on the outcomes from professionals’ view point. Therefore, their review is not representative. Perhaps more study based on the outcomes or children and families will provide us a better understanding of on how effective inter-agency working really is.
He is almost sleeping while doing this. This creates a very powerful visual image. It epitomizes how the people left to grieve act. Many people stricken by death want to be left alone and bottle themselves up. The first few lines of the poem illustrate how deeply in sorrow the man is. This image should affect everyone. It should make the reader sympathize or even empathize with the man. Another main way he uses imagery is through the black bird or the raven. The presence of the bird is a bad omen. It is supposed to be followed by maleficent things. The bird is used to symbolize death figuratively and literally. The bird only says one word the entire poem. It repeats “nevermore.” This word can be interpreted multiple ways each time it is said. It is also possible that the bird is not talking. It is possible that the bird is an image created by
Throughout history bears are used to symbolize strength, protection, and bravery because of their protective instincts and powerful bodies. In The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini, Baba is usually reference to the bear. He is a well-respected business man in Kabul. Baba is seen to be very moral and powerful. He lost his wife during the birth of his son, Amir which is easily bullied by the other children of the neighborhood, because he is too afraid to stand up to the other children. Baba worries that if Amir cannot handle himself as a child, he would not be able to handle himself as an adult. Baba is a very strong and powerful character, while Amir is often seen as cowardly and weak; so their relationships is not very strong because they are both so different. In the book Baba often resembles a bear because of his strength. Amir is different; he is usually seen as weak, but he begins to resemble a bear as he grows older. The author uses symbolism of the bear to emphasize the growth in Amir’s character and to show the resemblance between Amir and Baba.
Child Care workers are very active because of the need to maintain a safe playful environment. Skills I may need include dressing and changing diapers. My communication skills will be important because I may have to talk to parents about their kids and their daily activities. I may be involved in planning the children’s meals and their activities. There are things I might have to do at the end of the day after the kids leave, for example, sanitize the toys, clean the day care, and vacuum.
The eagle has always been considered a bird that is fierce in nature and is above all.
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By listening to what families, children and young people perceive their needs to be and working to adapt their services in order to cater or counteract some of the problems that arise when the wellbeing of the individual is being affected is what practitioners aim to achieve. Several agencies in UK worked together to improve children and young adults welfare such as Teachers, Social workers, Foster carers, Children safeguarding team, etc…Using Activity 2.9 ( Open University 2014 ) as an illustration, the narrator explained about Connors story, a young boy who has been place into foster caring. As a young child, Connor had probably experienced ambivalent, avoidant and disorganised patterns of attachments before his current placement which might have an impact on his behaviour. The foster family had concern that if Connor had to leave them, this could lead to further problems. Agencies working within Connors welfare such as Children social workers should adapt the fact of Connors relationship with the foster family does not impact on his wellbeing. Practitioners need to work in accordance of children and youth people diversity as well. Diversity can help to begin to overcome inequalities in society, which be might be a positive outcome or a negative outcome. Practitioners must firstly identify the assumptions they make about people so that they can make sure that they treat everyone with respect.