TY - JOUR
T1 - Inclusion and its implementation
T2 - Youth workers' perspectives on an experimental social-business initiative for 'at-risk' youth in Israeli community centres
AU - Krumer-Nevo, Michal
AU - Barak, Adi
AU - Teichman, Meir
N1 - Funding Information:
The research was funded by Ashalim and was undertaken under the auspices of the Interdisciplinary Center for Children and Youth Studies, The Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel-Aviv University.
PY - 2007/12/1
Y1 - 2007/12/1
N2 - This paper presents the perspectives of youth workers on an experimental social-business initiative programme designed to bring about the inclusion of 'at-risk' youth in community centres. The programme was implemented in three community centres that are part of a nationwide organization of community centres which provide social-educational-cultural activities for the general population within the community. The uniqueness of the programme lies in its effort to integrate 'at-risk' youth into universal and unstigmatized, structured leisure activities. The sample included all the youth counsellors implementing the programme. The paper describes the inclusion of the youth from their selection and recruitment to the programme, through their introduction into the community centres, and during the processes associated with the implementation of the programme. The findings indicate the challenges and difficulties that arise in implementing an inclusive programme, the importance of the counsellors in implementing the programme and the relationship between the youth and the centre's staff members. Finally, operational conclusions are presented and discussed.
AB - This paper presents the perspectives of youth workers on an experimental social-business initiative programme designed to bring about the inclusion of 'at-risk' youth in community centres. The programme was implemented in three community centres that are part of a nationwide organization of community centres which provide social-educational-cultural activities for the general population within the community. The uniqueness of the programme lies in its effort to integrate 'at-risk' youth into universal and unstigmatized, structured leisure activities. The sample included all the youth counsellors implementing the programme. The paper describes the inclusion of the youth from their selection and recruitment to the programme, through their introduction into the community centres, and during the processes associated with the implementation of the programme. The findings indicate the challenges and difficulties that arise in implementing an inclusive programme, the importance of the counsellors in implementing the programme and the relationship between the youth and the centre's staff members. Finally, operational conclusions are presented and discussed.
KW - 'At-risk' youth
KW - Inclusion
KW - Out-of-school activities
KW - Youth workers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=37049013730&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17450120701561552
DO - 10.1080/17450120701561552
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:37049013730
SN - 1745-0128
VL - 2
SP - 257
EP - 260
JO - Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
JF - Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
IS - 3
ER -