Youth leaders

Youth leader is a generic term for those working in child and youth work volunteer and paid staff. The volunteers are qualified in many cases by a group leader basic course or advanced courses and trainings. Full-time almost always have the appropriate training, for example a degree in social work and years of experience through volunteer work.

Since the line of children's and youth groups is being adopted by young people, put many organizations in their work aimed at the promotion of young people in volunteering. To support committed young people in their imagination, spontaneity, creativity and flexibility, there are different approaches to support the volunteer work. So, for example, can be purchased together with the youth leader training youth leaders often the card of the German Federal Youth Council. With the Juleica youth leaders receive certain benefits for themselves and their children and youth groups. For example the Youth Sport Lower Saxony at reduced registration fees for courses.

The areas of responsibility of a youth leader are eg line of children's and youth groups, led by youth camps and support open meetings. In these tasks is often done in a team with other honorary and professional staff. Experienced youth leaders also assume functions with high responsibilities without the assistance of professional staff.

Children and young people is the foundation of every youth club. Therefore, the youth welfare offices and Regional Youth Councils offer special youth leader - basic courses, but also legal and insurance issues as well as the Real appearances before groups will be allocated in consenting groups, gaming and media education. Many youth organizations offer their own youth leader - basic courses that are tailored to their respective federations and associations working. Youth leaders involved versatile. They plan and organize not only group lessons for children and young people, but they also serve in many other activities such as club camps and for the conduct of projects. This youth leaders are also always contact and voice for children and young people both within the club as well as at higher levels, such as in youth political forms of cooperation at the district and state levels. Accordingly, extensive is the training (40 training sessions ) terminates after at least 30 Zeitsunden.

The training is particularly concerned with issues such as:

• Participation of children and young people in the club,
• Organization of holiday camps for children and youth,
• Legal issues and
• The presenting educational competencies.