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Youth workers in college: A replicable model for professional development

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  • Shockley, Carrie
  • Thompson, Ashleigh

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Positive relationships with skilled frontline staff are critical to positive youth outcomes (Bouffard & Little, 2004), and yet many youth workers are insufficiently prepared to deal with these complex environments (Casey Foundation, 2003). There is also concern that there is little motivation for frontline youth workers to stay in a field rife with danger of burnout, feelings of being overwhelmed, and low pay (Anderson-Nathe, 2008; Borden, Craig, & Villaruel, 2004). This article establishes the important role higher education can play towards stabilizing the youth workforce, and posits that coursework that is multidisciplinary, relevant to students' jobs, and supported by employers is important to the success of college programs.

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  • Shockley, Carrie & Thompson, Ashleigh, 2012. "Youth workers in college: A replicable model for professional development," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 34(4), pages 735-739.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:34:y:2012:i:4:p:735-739
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.12.019
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    1. Thompson, Ashleigh & Shockley, Carrie, 2013. "Developing youth workers: Career ladders for sector stability," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 35(3), pages 447-452.
    2. Silliman, Benjamin & Edwards, Harriett C. & Johnson, James C., 2020. "Long-term effects of youth work internship: The Project Youth Extension Service approach," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
    3. Garst, Barry A. & Weston, Kayla L. & Bowers, Edmond P. & Quinn, William H., 2019. "Fostering youth leader credibility: Professional, organizational, and community impacts associated with completion of an online master's degree in youth development leadership," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 1-9.
    4. Garst, Barry A. & Stephens, Lauren & Parry, Benjamin & Bowers, Edmond P. & Quinn, William, 2023. "Influence of a youth development leadership graduate degree program on the professional pathways of youth leaders," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).

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