Youth information and counselling services play a crucial role in young people’s transition to adulthood. While the profession is well organised and looks back on a respectable history, defining who a youth information worker is or what competences they have to possess is far from being unanimously established.
That’s why Eurodesk and ERYICA have joined forces to develop the first European competence framework for youth information workers: YouthInfoComp. The framework sets out to ensure that youth information professionals possess the necessary competences to support young people and provide quality services. Eurodesk and ERYICA developed this framework with the intention of increasing the quality of youth information work in Europe, and fostering a greater understanding and visibility among users, policy-makers and stakeholders.
The publication provides the reader with an overview of the context of youth information work in Europe in 2021. This overview was developed through a network-wide study surveying Eurodesk and ERYICA members on the status of youth information work in their countries and the recognition of youth information professionals.
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