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Youth Work Essentials+

Training Course

28 November - 9 December 2022 | Brežice, Slovenia

YWE+ in a nutshell, combines our experience of working with youth, focuses on essential elements, that (should) be part of any YW process and offers some very useful, fun and meaningful approaches that can support you in your path as a youth worker.

Why Youth Work Essentials+?

After a successful implementation of countless trainings DIY – facilitate learning experiences, seminars for exchanges of good practices, youth exchanges, local trainings for educators etc. we have prepared a programme, which in a nutshell, combines our experience from years of working with youth, focuses on essential elements, that (should) be part of any youth work process and offers some very useful, fun and meaningful approaches that can support you in your path as a youth worker.

After completion of the training:

- you will have an overview of what are the prerequisites for meaningful youth work

- you will become equipped with new approaches to carry out successful youth work activities in your environment.

There will be 3 trainers present all the time and we will host guest trainers for some sessions. All the trainers are experts with many years of experiences from youth work.

Aim of the project: Equip participants with knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours to insert and excelerate learning in their own youth work practice.

We will reach this by working on the next objectives:

  • Build a common understanding of youth work and non formal education in the Erasmus+ framework.
  • Present, experience and discuss different learning models.
  • Explore intercultural context in youth work.
  • Dive into 4 different areas which will enhance quality and learning potential in one's youth work practice. Those areas are: outdoor youth work, theater in youth work, emotional and behavioural issues of young people and youth worker's self care.
  • Open space for sharing our knowledge, methods, experiences
  • Get to know each other and talk about the future projects we want to do together.

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Training overview

http://trainings.salto-youth.net/10733

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This Training Course is

for 34 participants

from Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain

and recommended for

Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders, Volunteering mentors

Accessibility info:

This activity and venue place are accessible to people with disabilities.

Organiser:

Association Lojtra (Others)

Story of the project and our work in Lojtra
During our 8 years in Youth work through Lojtra and much more as individuals composing Lojtra´s team, we have hacked the recipe for impactful work with young people in our local community and internationally.

Continuous Work with local and international youth
Our Active citizenship programme for local youth in cooperation with local school was part of success stories in the publication called Youth sector in schools. It was also listed as a good practice in the field of global learning by GENE. But most importantly, third year, third group of active young people, changing their local communities is being engaged in the programme.

We have been one of the first accredited organizations in Slovenia, in the field of youth by NA for Erasmus+. We regularly work as mentors on local European solidarity projects, and organize several youth exchanges and trainings per year, mostly in the field of qualitative youth work and outdoor education.
Approaches that support us in working with youth
We have received a global UNESCO APCEIU award for our methodology of creating learning spaces on the streets, involving theater, exhibition, role-play, etc. Street animation and theater in youth work are two of the approaches we use regularly when working with young people. Outdoor education is another important pillar of our work, through community gardening, adventure education and forest pedagogy we are exploring the vast potential that working in nature has on youth and YW. Our ESC project Care for beings, Earth and Fair share received Key to solidarity award in 2019. Sustainability is an intertwining approach in everything we do. Wellbeing and attention to mental health as prerequisites for meaningful and impactful youth work, with partners, we are combining the latest psychological research in the two areas with outdoor education and other self-care methods.

Contact for questions:

Aljaž Zupan

E-Mail:

Phone: 0038640167575

Costs

Participation fee

No fee, all costs are covered.

Accommodation and food

The project is financed by the Erasmus+ program. 100% of food (3 meals and 2 coffee breaks per day), accommodation, educational program, working materials and extra trips within the duration of the project will be covered.

Travel reimbursement

Regarding the Erasmus+ rules, we are able to cover the traveling costs up to:
Slovenia: 10 – 99 km: 23€
Hungary, Italy: 99-500 km: 180€
France, Germany, Bulgaria, Poland, Spain, Estonia, Greece,  Romania: 500- 2000 km: 275€
For longer distances check the Erasmus+ program guide or write to us.
The distance is calculated with the help of an EU distance band calculator. The distance is calculated from the headquarters of each partner organization to the
venue.

If you are willing to travel, using transports which are »greener« (not flying), please contact us and we will find some extra funds to cover that kind of a travel, since the Eramsus+ program is making that possible.

Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:

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