A TRAINING COURSE FOR YOUTH WORKERS ON RESILIENCE AND EMPOWERING OF YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION

Young people at risk of social exclusion live very often in unhealthy environments: families with problems, low education, economical disadvantaged situations, marginalized groups etc. These conditions affect the self-development process of the youngsters: low self-esteem, low self-efficacy, poor social relations, a lack of learning to learn competence usually lead to different dysfunctional behaviors. What can we do as youth workers? How can we support their wellbeing? How can we make social exclusion visible in the society? Objectives - to promote an open and creative training environment for non-formal learning; - to support participants in getting familiar with the concept of resilience and empowerment; - to improve participants’ competences in supporting empowering process with young people; - to support participants in mastering new empowerment and resilience tool - To learn how to use a concrete tool as photo-voice to involve the community in this issue of social inclusion and make it visible (photo-voice is a Participatory action and research method by which people create and discuss photographs as a means of catalyzing personal and community change) - to promote the exchange of good practices and the network in the social area. AFTER THE TRAINING We pay a lot of attention do visibility and dissemination in this training. For this reason participants need to commit to organise a small event in the 3 months after the training, using the pictures taken during the photo-voice session HOW TO APPLY To apply, fulfil the application form here: http://goo.gl/forms/M6Yrn3x5FD by the 10th of December SELECTION The selection will be done immediately after and the results will be sent by email by the 13th of December. To confirm the participation, the selected participants have 10 days during which they have to buy the flight ticket. Only the flight tickets will be considered as the official confirmation of the participation. The trainers: - Giulia Mastropirro, free-lance trainer, counselor, expert in working with unemployed young poeple - Karlis Visa: social worker, supervisor, trainer, expert in the field of social inclusion - Stefania Nogara: photo-voice facilitator