A New Approach To Child And Youth Care Policy?

Effective advocacy is crucial in child and youth care by focusing on the aspirations and voices of children, youth, and families. It proposes alternatives to common or common issues and highlights the power of young people to effect change. Advocacy is an integral part of child and youth care workers’ roles and a significant component of politicized praxis and radical youth work.

A new survey data underscores ongoing trends in young people’s civic engagement, with youth interested in getting involved and understanding they have the power to effect change. Advocacy is an integral part of child and youth care workers’ roles and a significant component of politicized praxis and radical youth work. The Democratic-Republican composition of a state is associated with child welfare funding, policies, and child care.

Young people’s voices remain underrepresented in health policy processes. This scoping review focuses on the United Kingdom (UK) and investigates how and to address this issue. The current Conservative government has introduced a range of policies for young people, including expanding funded childcare offers and introducing a new Youth Act. However, the focus of Child and Youth Care practice and its development has changed, as young people are political and care about big issues like safety, climate change, mental health, social justice, education, and more.

In the Netherlands, all responsibilities of provincial authorities in youth policy have been transferred to municipalities in 2015. This change has implications for child day care, education, the juvenile justice system, working conditions for young people, and many other areas. The twenty-first century requires new politics and ethical logics in child and youth care education.