YOUTH WORK ON THE STREET - COMMUNITY MORAL COMPACT WITH ITS YOUNG-PEOPLE

Youth work is a principal strategy for responding to children and youn g people on the streets in many countries. Youth work praxis has many forms worldwide and it is necessary to accept this and not urge a sing le model. A definition of youth work as a family of practices gives le gitimacy to this variety. It is argued that the multiple sources for t he philosophy behind youth work should be acknowledged along with thei r ethical implications. Youth work includes the reciprocal development of youth and community as well as being a vocation.