Positive engagement through youth work: Working with Roma children and young people in Derby, supporting their wellbeing

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Henry, Philip M. and Williams, Simon 2015. Positive engagement through youth work: Working with Roma children and young people in Derby, supporting their wellbeing. Today's Children Tomorrow's Parents: An Interdisciplinary Journal.
AuthorsHenry, Philip M. and Williams, Simon
Abstract

This article concentrates on the experiences of mainly Slovak and Czech Roma young people and their families who make up the largest population of Roma currently residing in Derby in the UK. It examines the experiences of Roma young people supported by the Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Derby through its outreach organisation Roma Community Care and their partner agencies. The development of a youth work led approach engaging young Roma is designed to enhance the wellbeing of those young people, not just by providing diversionary activities, but also through its holistic support with whole families. The article draws on youth and community studies examining race and ethnicity unpacked through the medium of social identity. It culminates in an assessment of well being of the young people in the case study correlated with the positive engagement of youth work through informal education, examining the experiences of working directly with young people as well as the conceptual frameworks set out herein.

This article concentrates on the experiences of mainly Slovak and Czech Roma young people
and their families who make up the largest population of Roma currently residing in Derby in the UK. It examines the experiences of Roma young people supported by the Multi-Faith Centre
at the University of Derby through its outreach organisation Roma Community Care and
their partner agencies. The development of a youth work led approach engaging young Roma
is designed to enhance the wellbeing of those young people, not just by providing diversionary
activities, but also through its holistic support with whole families. The article draws on youth
and community studies examining race and ethnicity unpacked through the medium of social
identity. It culminates in an assessment of well being of the young people in the case study correlated with the positive engagement of youth work through informal education, examining the
experiences of working directly with young people as well as the conceptual frameworks set
out herein.

KeywordsRoma people; Youth work; Cultural diversity; Discrimination; Family; Migration
Year2015
JournalToday's Children Tomorrow's Parents: An Interdisciplinary Journal
PublisherThe Center of Research in Child-Parent Interaction (CICOP)
ISSN15821889
Web address (URL)http://hdl.handle.net/10545/621417
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Publication datesJun 2015
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ContributorsUniversity of Derby
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