Readings

This is a selection of readings on this site relating to aspects of the Child and Youth Care Work profession

What exactly is child and youth care work?
     James Anglin

What exactly is child and youth care work?
     James Anglin
What exactly is child and youth care work?
     The views of Helen Starke and others
What exactly is child and youth care work?
     A summary of Small, R.W. and Dodge, L.M. (1988) Roles, skills, and job tasks in professional child care
Self-awareness in the child care worker
     Steve Young writing in Child Care Work in Focus
Do-it-yourself definitions of child and youth care work
     Brian Gannon on the views of some newcomers to the field
Qualities of a child and youth care worker
     Ernie Nightingale looks back on 27 years as a Director
On being in charge
     Thom Garfat on child and youth care workers taking more responsibility
Child & Youth Care Work  in South Africa: Recognition  and Regulation through  Registration – at Last!
     Lesley du Toit on progress in South Africa
Notification and Registration of Social Care Workers: An Irish Solution to an Irish Problem
     Niall McElwee reports on the situation in Ireland
The Year-2000 model  Child and Youth Care Worker User's Manual
     Brian Gannon and Merle Allsopp being serious with tongue in cheek
What is a professional?
     Two views from David Roush in the youth detention field
How can you recognise  a youth-worker?
     Mike Baizerman
Legislated professional boards: Child and youth care soon to achieve full recognition as a profession in South Africa?
     Lesley du Toit
Developmental Stages of Child and Youth Care Workers: An Interactional Perspective
     Thom Garfat
The Juvenile Careworker
     David Roush
The child care worker: An ambassador in a land of troubled children
     Brian Gannon
Responses to Billy's Mother – I
     Thom Garfat on what child and youth care workers do
Responses to Billy's Mother – II
     Thom Garfat on what child and youth care workers do
Practice Abuse
     Brian Gannon on unsupported front line workers 
Being, Acting, Reflecting
    Lies Gualtherie van Weezel and Kees Waaldijk
Central Themes in Child and Youth care
     Mark Krueger
The child care profession and its responsibilities in the future
    Eric Richardson
Letter from a colleague
     Dave Damschen
Training for Caring
     Patrick Brennan
Child and Youth Care Work: A profession or a calling?
     A view from Zambia
Homeless: Neither a profession nor an employer offers shelter or a place to go
     Mike Baizerman
Care worker and social worker compare jobs
     Rone Gerber and Belinda Slavin
Heroes and Pioneers of Child and Youth Care Work
     Larry Brendtro
Challenges facing the child and youth care professional
     Wilma Hoffman
Building job descriptions for child care workers
     Pietermaritzburg Children's Homes
Adults who work with troubled and difficult young people
     F.G. Lennhoff
Why do  I do it?
     Mark Krueger
Celebrating Child and Youth Care Work
     Felicity Coughlan
My Confusion, My Reality
     Mark Gamble
Valued child and youth care worker qualities in relationships with young people
     Varley Weisman
Seven Steps for Building a Career in Child Care
     Mark Krueger
Today's child – tomorrow's adult
     Frieda Francisco-la Grange
Training child care workers: Three essentials
     Richard Liberatore
The Nature of Child and Youth Care Work
     Inter-Ministerial Committee on Young People at Risk, South Africa
Rights of children are still violated
     Sister Stanislaus Kennedy
Stages of Child and Youth Care Worker Development
    Jack Phelan
A History of Child and Youth Care
    Kathy Beukes and Brian Gannon  
An Historical Perspective on Residential Services for Troubled and Troubling Youth in Canada
    Grant Charles and Peter Gabor,
A Snapshot of Irish Social Care Practice and Practitioners: Comments on a Pilot Study
 Dr. C. Niall McElwee and Denis Ryan
The Child Care Worker as a Primary Practitioner
     F.Herbert Barnes
The Child Care Worker and Occupational Stress
     S.Whitehead
Working conditions
     G.Burford
Preparing Agencies and workers for Family Contract Services
     Karen Vanderven & Earl N. Stuck
Biographical outline of August Aichhorn
     K. R. Eissler
How is Child and Youth Care work unique – and different – from other fields?
    K. VanderVen
True confessions leading to thoughtful questions
     Carol Stuart