Youth Social Work and Community Integration Development

Youth Social Work and Community Integration Development

Community is the most important place for social work, but the biggest challenge in the practice of community social work in China is the lack of participation of young and middle-aged residents, which makes it difficult to stimulate the vitality of the community and maintain the follow-up of many community activities. However, youth social work is also facing special challenges. The trend of social work education leading to the rejuvenation of social workers is very obvious. Social workers use the university and their own experience to focus on the field of youth groups. The following is what I share with you about the integration and development of youth social work and community. Welcome to read and browse.

Open space: bringing teenagers and families into the community

Fulongping Street in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province is located in Gaoping District on the edge of the main city of Lanzhou City. Due to the inconvenient transportation, the educational resources and public services in street areas are affected to some extent, and the education of street teenagers is a common concern of residents. Complaints about the quality of teaching in schools within the jurisdiction, dissatisfaction with the current situation of children's education, and lack of interest in all kinds of activities carried out by street communities in the past are the main challenges faced by community social work.

Social workers and street workers have communicated many times and think that community youth education is a good opportunity to incite community residents to participate, but it is limited to starting from school youth social workers, parents' classrooms, community education and so on. Because there is no participation of parents and children, the results are often unsatisfactory. Community comprehensive work is the way to establish a long-term mechanism. Because social workers have limited knowledge of the specific situation of the community, the recruitment of parents is assisted by the staff of each community and the dean of the building, thus ensuring that the parents with the most needs and motivation are attracted to the activities.

On 20 15, it was passed by social workers on 23 May? Open space seminar on community youth education? In the form of open space, more than 30 parents and 20 teenagers who are willing to participate in the community are invited to the pre-arranged activity venue, and two seminars for parents and teenagers are held at the same time. Parents' seminars are hosted by experienced social workers, and youth seminars are hosted by master students majoring in social work.

Since the open space created a platform for all participants to speak freely, after the host and everyone worked out the discussion rules, parents who were familiar with each other began to share actively and enthusiastically, constantly voicing their children's educational status. In this process, self-awareness? The poor inherit the wind? Most parents feel that everything they do is for the good of their children. Now the whole family is child-centered, but what about children? Ungrateful? On the contrary, it has caused many conflicts and misunderstandings. Does the child participate in schoolwork, living habits and family interaction? Malfunction? Constantly, even affect family relationships. Many parents have doubts about their education methods and even cry for themselves? Are all unqualified parents? I am most sorry for my children.

However, parents who share and vent their emotions through open space seminars gradually realize that youth education is not just their own home? Dirty family? In fact, many families are facing sexual problems. Parents no longer feel that it is simply a question of educational ability, and they no longer simply blame the problem on children or schools. After discussion, the parents divided the youth education issues that everyone is generally concerned about into four categories, and began to form groups under the guidance of the host. How many parents Qi Xin worked together to specialize in one of them? Difficult diseases? .

The host of social work nearby guides parents to think by asking questions. Questions include: Parents, do you want to know your child's views on learning? As a parent, do you really know your children? How do you deal with children when they encounter difficulties in study and life?

In another independent space, the most important stakeholders? The children are not idle. They also cleaned up their own small clearing with the help of social workers. However, their concerns and perspectives are different from those of their parents! Children report that parents sometimes don't listen to their own ideas patiently and even get misunderstood. They are unhappy in school, and no one can help them in time when they encounter problems that they can't solve. When they go home from school to do their homework, they also have doubts. Why do parents ask themselves to do their homework when they can play mobile phones? They love their parents very much and hope their parents can spend more time with them. Finally, children divided into four groups according to their age cooperated to complete a list: My heart and expectations? .

The transition from problem to action

During the whole day's discussion in the open space, parents and children truly expressed their confusion and problems in the open space. The group set up according to the theme has also begun to work to find a solution to the problem.

At the event site, many parents shuttled between different groups, hoping to listen and participate in the discussion of other topics. In this regard, the moderator adopts the method of group mutual assistance to fully promote communication and interaction between different groups, exchange group members after the action plan of this group is put forward, and further improve the action plan through several rounds of discussion. Did the parents mention it? Dream family? A loving family? * * * grew up together? Support groups? The names of the four action plans.

In the activity summary and review stage, children also participated in it, and the parent seminar and the youth seminar were combined into one. With their own discussion results, they held a dialogue between parents and teenagers with the help of the host, which made the action plan formulated by the seminar more practical.

In the dialogue at the conclusion stage, parents and children were pleasantly surprised to find that many puzzles they had brought were solved. More importantly, parents and children began to try to establish a good communication and interaction relationship, hoping to apply the communication methods and skills brought by social workers to family communication. Many careful children also wrote down their expectations for their absent fathers (most of the open space activities are attended by mothers and children). When they expressed their blessings and love to their parents with immature voices, many parents present were in tears. A mother responded:? Thank you, baby. Mom loves you, too. Let's work together, shall we? Some fathers also said that they should correct:? Dad shouldn't hit you. Dad will be more patient and spend more time with you in the future? . The sincere communication between parents and children also inspired the street workers who assisted on the spot.

The whole day's activities, parents and children are involved and actively participate. At first, according to the experience of organizing activities in the past, street workers were worried that there were no gifts such as washing powder and towels, and the participation rate was not high, fearing that participants would leave after lunch. However, these problems did not appear. Neither the parents nor the children left halfway. On the contrary, some parents called neighbors, friends and other residents who didn't sign up for the event, and voluntarily declared that they didn't need to add meals and didn't bother the event organizers.

Key points and enlightenment

Youth social work is an accelerant to incite community participation, especially for young and middle-aged residents in the community. The education of teenagers is the core issue of many families. Accurately evaluating residents' needs and choosing the right time will attract residents to participate in community activities. ? In the past, it was necessary to carefully consider inviting residents to participate in activities for an hour or two, and sometimes only by giving small gifts to attract residents to participate. It is unthinkable for residents to take part in such a whole day's activities. ? Not only that, but also left contact information with each other after the parents' meeting, and established a Q Q group for parents. It is hoped that the discussion group formed by youth education can be turned into a small salon, which holds regular activities to exchange and share feelings and ideas about parenting education, support each other and encourage each other.

Youth social work is a beneficial opportunity to promote self-growth and school social work. The form of participatory discussion can provide opportunities for young people to speak freely. In the activity, participants' autonomy, self-reflection ability and group organization ability have been stimulated. The teenagers who participated in the activity even invited the graduate student of social work who presided over the open space to their school to hold the open space with the teachers? We also hope to talk to teachers and principals so that they can listen to our ideas? And make sure they learn in this way? Will you still be naughty? If some students in the class don't behave well, they can also set up their own groups to find ways to solve them.

It can be said that youth social work is to realize the all-round development of community social work. Archimedes fulcrum? . In practice, there are many ways to attract residents to participate and promote community development, but youth social work is undoubtedly one of the most direct and effective ways to realize the all-round development of community work. Through the intervention of adolescent social work, it can be extended to the whole system of parent-child relationship, husband-wife relationship and family building. When residents are not only passive recipients of community service, but also active participants and contributors, the incubation and establishment of community social organizations will become more realistic, and it will be more feasible to mobilize schools, jurisdictions and social organizations to participate in community development planning.

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