LONG-TERM TRAINING COURSE FOR YOUTH WORKERS, STRASBOURG

Description

The Youth Department is launching Enter! a Long-Term Training Course (LTTC) for youth workers on access to social rights for all young people, as a complementary training offering youth workers who undertake activities with young people that experience disadvantage the opportunity:

   - to gain insights into how the European level and engagement with policy actors can support their
     efforts to empower young people, and,
   - to promote access to social rights for young people, in an effort of overcoming the disadvantage
    young people face due to exclusion, violence and discrimination.

The objectives of the course are:

   - To introduce participants to socio-educational project development, management, implementation
     and evaluation (especially focusing on evidence based needs analysis);
   - To support participants in developing youth-led socio-educational projects (aiming to overcome
     youth disadvantage determined by discrimination, exclusion and violence), based on human rights
     education and with a clear policy advocacy dimension;
   - To develop participants’ understanding and knowledge of the human rights framework and the policy
     fields that are relevant to the situation of the young people with whom they work;
   - To develop participants’ competence and confidence for engaging with decision-makers and other
      actors in the youth and social policy fields for improving access to social rights for young people;
   - To introduce participants to relevant European (and related national) mechanisms and instruments
     for supporting young people to overcome disadvantage determined by discrimination, exclusion and
      violence;
   - To contribute to the social and education recognition of youth work and non-formal education for
     social rights in participants’ realities and at European level.

Eligibility

Candidates must be youth or social workers, working directly with young people, who carry out their activities in a non-governmental entity or in a local authority; they have experience in projects tackling exclusion, discrimination and violence affecting young people; and they are either professionals or volunteers.
All participants must also:
   - have the motivation and capacity to develop projects for and with young people on access to social
     rights;
   - have an interest to work in partnerships with local authorities on enhancing dialogue for improving
     access of young people to social rights;
   - have a specific target group of young people they will be working with throughout the LTTC;
   - are motivated to learn and to develop their professional and personal competences;
   - intend to remain active in their organisation/institution for the next 2 years and multiply their
     learning in their organisation/institution and community;
   - be aged 18-35, with exceptions possible;
   - be resident in one of the countries of the European Cultural Convention of the Council of Europe;
   - be able to work in English or French (tbc);
   - be available for full participation in all four phases of the course.

How can I apply?

The application form is on line.

Deadline: 20 December 2012

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