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Next Stop: Coaching!

2022-3-NL02-KA153-YOU-0000957942022Mobility of youth workersfinalized
Countries: NL|EE|PL|RO|IT|ES|PT|BG|SI|LV · Grant: €32,344
Quality and innovation of youth workKey competences developmentYouth employability

Objectives

Next Stop: Coaching! is a project on coaching and mentoring for youth workers with 0-2 years of experience in youth work. The main focus of this project is for youth workers to develop a coaching method that will enable them to better support youngsters with fewer opportunities on a one-to-one and community basis. This professional development activity objectives were generally met. We brought together 30 youth workers with a maximum of 2 years of experience in youth work and 10 partner organizations to develop coaching skills, tools, techniques, knowledge, competencies, and confidence to support the youngsters daily in different youth activities: ESC programs, youth exchanges, mobilities, workshops, different non-formal educational activities and in future projects. The main objective of Next Stop: Coaching! is to train 30 youth workers to gain coaching skills and competencies and develop a coaching method that will enable them to better support youngsters with fewer opportunities. Objectives: - to train with 30 youth workers on developing coaching tools and techniques in guiding youngsters with fewer opportunities in one-to-one and group settings - to train with 30 youth workers on developing key competencies to support youngsters in discovering different pathways to education, employment, and jobs - to support youth workers and youth organizations to define their coaching method and style for including young people with fewer opportunities in future projects and initiatives - to build a support network of youth workers and stakeholders across Europe - to improve the quality of 10 youth organizations in the way they work with youngsters - to ensure that evaluation of the learning and implementation of this to daily work with young people happens during the project through Youth passes, questionnaires, and after the project through follow-up coaching and mentoring session - to disseminate and spread the outcomes of Next Stop: Coaching! project through organizing youth workshops for youngsters to coach them and include them in the projects - to disseminate and spread coaching tools and techniques through a Video Guideline The objectives aligned with the EU Youth Work agenda, Quality Standards, and Erasmus+ objectives. Through this project, we aim to contribute to high-quality individual practice, by offering the youth workers coaching tools and practices for guiding youngsters with fewer opportunities individually and in group settings. Moreover, to promote active citizenship, social inclusion, and employability of young people through educating youth workers and youth organizations and to build a support network of youth workers and youth organizations by sharing best practices and increasing the quality of EU programs for youngsters.

Project partners (10)