Swansea Youth Service
The Youth Service work with young people aged 11 - 25. This is done in a number of ways, through traditional club-based youth work to detached youth work, which takes place on the streets.
The Youth Service is responsible for the training of all youth workers and this is achieved through the Professional Youth work Network (PYN).
The Delivery of Youth Work Across the City and County of Swansea
- Work with 11 to 25 year-olds, with priority for 13 to 19 year-olds,
- Youth Work Curriculum: to ensure that opportunities are Participative; Educative; Empowering and Expressive,
- Methods of delivery include: Youth Clubs; Young People's Groups (YPG's); Detached and Outreach Youth Work; Residential Work; Holiday Programmes; International Youth Exchanges;
- Recognition of Achievement in a variety of ways, including: Open College Network Credits (OCN's); Duke of Edinburgh's Awards; Sports Leader Awards; Youth Achievement Awards and Getting Connected Programme etc
For more information, please contact the Youth Service Manager, on 450830.
For details of the The Youth Work Curriculum Statement For Wales, please download the document below.
http://www.swansea.gov.uk/media/pdf/k/c/Youth_Work_Curriculum_Statement_for_Wales_English.pdf
Contact Details
- Contact Address:
- Canoldre Centre, Jockey Street Swansea, SA1 1NS
SA1 1NS - Phone Number:
- 01792 450830
- Fax Number:
- 01792 473450
- Email Address:
- [javascript protected email address]
- Website URL:
- www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=10102
Opening Hours
- Monday:
- 9:00 to 17:00
- Tuesday:
- 9:00 to 17:00
- Wednesday:
- 9:00 to 17:00
- Thursday:
- 9:00 to 17:00
- Friday:
- 9:00 to 17:00
- Saturday:
- closed
- Sunday:
- closed
