Indicators on how young people experience youth work when taking part
When young people, regardless of group/characteristics, take part in youth work they experience to an equal degree that:
Activities meet their needs
The activities offered by the youth centre meet my personal needs in terms of:
(Rate on a scale from 1-5, 1 being the lowest score and 5 being the highest score)
- Fellowship and being part of a community
- Learning new things
- Using my competences
- Being listened to
- Physical activity
- Being creative
- Feeling safe
- My economic situation
Activities are based on their own learning objectives
Have the youth workers talked to you about your learning objectives?
Have the youth workers followed up with you on your learning objectives?
The youth workers have fitted the things I wanted to learn with the program:
- 1. Yes 2. No 3. I don’t know
Activities meet their interests
The youth centre offers activities that I take part in:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
They develop new interests
Have you developed any new interests?
I have developed new interests:
- 1. Yes 2. No 3. I don’t know
They can be themselves
Do you feel that you can be yourself?
I feel that I can be myself:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
They are not being harassed by other young people
Have you ever been harassed by other young people in the youth centre in
the last __ months?
- 1. No 2. Yes, once 3. Yes, 2-5 times 4. Yes, multiple times
- If yes, based on what? E.g. your gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disabilities, background, beliefs, school situation, personal situation, family situation etcetera?
They are not being harassed by youth workers
Have you ever been harassed by the youth workers in the last __ months?
- 1. No 2. Yes, once 3. Yes, 2-5 times 4. Yes, multiple times
- If yes, based on what? E.g. your gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disabilities, background, beliefs, school situation, personal situation, family situation etcetera?
They will get support and protection if harassed
I get support and protection if I am harassed:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
They do not have to act in accordance with stereotypes
I have to act in accordance with stereotypes in order to be accepted:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
They are met/treated as individuals
I am being treated with respect of who I am as an individual:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
Do you feel like other young people in the youth centre have prejudice
about you?
Do you feel that the youth workers hold stereotypes against you?
- 1. Yes 2. No 3. I don’t know If yes, based on what? E.g. your gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disabilities, background, beliefs, school situation, personal situation, family situation etcetera?
Their ideas, thoughts and feelings are taken seriously
○ By youth workers
The youth workers take my ideas, thoughts and feelings seriously:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
○ By other young people
The other young people take my ideas, thoughts and feelings seriously:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
They feel being part of the community/group/fellowship
Do you feel part of a community/group/fellowship?
- Rate on a scale from 1-10, 1 being the lowest score and 10 being the highest score.
The community/group/fellowship is democratic
○ They are free to say their opinions
I am feeling feel free to say my opinion:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
○ Everyone’s opinion is equally important
Do you feel that everyone’s opinions are equally important?
Everyone’s opinions are equally important:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
They are met with positive expectations
Do you feel that the youth workers meet you with positive expectations?
Do you feel that the other young people meet you with positive expectations?
I am met with positive expectations:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
Their presence is perceived as an added value
o By youth workers
I feel that the youth workers perceive my presence as an added value:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
o By other young people
I feel that the other young people perceive my presence as an added value:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
They get stimulated to participate
I feel stimulated to participate:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
They get support to participate
I get the supported to participate:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
They are allowed to make mistakes
Do you feel that the youth workers support you if you make an
honest mistake?
Do you feel that the other young people support you if you make an
honest mistake?
The youth workers support me if I make an honest mistake:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t
They get the support they need
o By youth workers
The youth workers give me the support i need:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
o By other young people
The other young people give me the support i need:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
They contribute
○ With ideas
Does the youth centre have a system for collecting the young people’s
ideas?
Have young people got the opportunity to pitch their ideas?
Do you feel welcomed to contribute with your ideas?
Was the activity based on your ideas?
Did the idea for the project belong to the young people?
Was your idea taken into account?
I contribute with my ideas:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
○ With opinions
Does your organisations have a system for collecting opinions from the
young people?
I contribute with my opinions:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
○ Through concrete actions
■ Assisting others
● Youth workers
I assist the youth workers when they need me to do so:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
● Young people
I assist the other young people when they need me:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
They have influence
○ They take part in general decision-making
Did you take part in any general decision-making of the youth club?
I took part in:
- The municipal youth council
- The youth council of the youth centre
- Meetings where young people and youth workers took decisions about the youth centre together
■ They get stimulated to take part in decision-making
I feel stimulated to take part and contribute with my thoughts when we take decisions that concern the youth centre:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
■ They get support to take part in decision-making
I feel supported to take part in the decision-making processes:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
It is their ideas that govern how the process/activity turns out
The ideas behind the activity belonged to the young people:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
The youth workers collect the young people’s thoughts and opinions before taking decisions about the program:
- 1. Always 2. Sometimes 3. Rarely 4. Never
The process/activity rely on their active participation
If the young people don’t take responsibly for the activity, the activity doesn’t happen:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
They develop competences;
○ Knowledge
Have the youth workers asked you if you want a training about a
certain subject?
Do the youth workers offer funding for trainings?
I have gained new knowledge when taking part in the youth work activities:
1. A lot 2. Somewhat 3. A little 4. Not at all
○ Skills
I have gained new skills when taking part in the youth work activities:
- 1. A lot 2. Somewhat 3. A little 4. Not at all
I have improved my skills/competences when taking part in the youth work
activities:
- 1. A lot 2. Somewhat 3. A little 4. Not at all
■ Ability to cooperate
I have developed my competence to cooperate with others:
- 1. A lot 2. Somewhat 3. A little 4. Not at all
■ Ability to express themselves
I feel that I have developed my competence to express myself:
- 1. A lot 2. Somewhat 3. A little 4. Not at all
■ Ability to take responsibility
I have developed my competence to take responsibility:
- 1. A lot 2. Somewhat 3. A little 4. Not at all
○ Attitudes
Do you feel you have gained new perspectives since you joined the youth
club?
■ Towards other groups of (young) people
Do you feel you have gained new perspectives about other people’s situation since you joined the youth club?
■ Towards the police
Do you feel you have gained new perspectives about the police since you joined the youth club?
■ Towards drugs
Do you feel you have gained new perspectives about drug use since you joined the youth club?
They develop their learning
○ They discover new ways of learning
Do you feel you have gained new perspectives on learning since you joined
the youth club?
I have discovered new ways of learning:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
○ They take responsibility for their own learning
Do you feel that you learn new things if the youth workers don’t push you
to do so?
Who do you feel takes responsibility of your learning?
I take responsibility for my own learning:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
They receive recognition for their learning
I have received recognition for my learning through:
- Youth pass
- ELD competence letter
- Diploma
- Other
They will be able to use the competences they gain in youth work in:
o Their studies
Have you used the things you have learned in youth work in your studies? In what ways?
I have used the things I have learned in youth work in my studies:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
o Their future work life
Have you used the things you have learned in youth work in your work life? In what ways?
I have used the things I have learned in youth work in my work life:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
o European Mobility
Have you used the things you have learned in youth work in European Mobility? In what ways?
I have used the things I have learned in youth work in European Mobility:
- 1. Yes 2. No. 3. I don’t know
o Active citizenship
Have you used the things you have learned in youth work as an active citizen? In what ways?
I have used the things i learned in youth work as an active citizen:
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
Facilities are attractive
Do you think the facilities are attractive?
The facilities are attractive
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know
Equipment is attractive
Do you think the equipment is attractive?
The equipment is attractive
- 1. Completely 2. To some degree 3. Quite a little 4. Not at all 5. I don’t know