Youth services is a field of practices within the social services sector in North America. Defined as "programs, activities, and services aimed at providing a range of opportunities for school-aged children, including mentoring, recreation, education, training, community service, or supervision in a safe environment,"[1] youth services are a comprehensive series of strategies, activities, programs and organizations spread across the United States and Canada today.[2] In North America, youth services are generally viewed as more organized and systemized than youth work. The term "youth services" is used in international contexts as well.[3][4]
- ^ Elizabeth T. Gershoff (June 11, 2013) "Youth Services", Encyclopedia of Social Work. National Association of Social Workers Press and Oxford University Press. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
- ^ Adam F.C. Fletcher (2024) "Understanding the breadth of youth services", Fletcher Engagement Services. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
- ^ Youdell, D. and McGimpsey, I. "Assembling, disassembling and reassembling ‘youth services’ in Austerity Britain" in Education Policy Analysis for a Complex World (2017) Routledge.
- ^ Vyas, N.S. and Singh, S.P. (2014) "Youth services: meeting the mental health needs of adolescents," Cambridge University Press. Retrieved July 5, 2024.