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Capturing Promising Practices in Recruitment and Retention of Frontline Youth Workers - Pre-Symposium Report

 
 
 

 

This publication highlights 16 organizations and provides case studies of their targeted strategies designed to better recruit and retain high-quality frontline youth workers.  This current research was funded by Cornerstones for Kids (C4K).  We thank them for their support but acknowledge that the findings and conclusions presented in this report are those of the authors alone, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Cornerstones for Kids.  For more information on C4K, see below.

 

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Table of Contents


Acknowledgements


Introduction


Promising Practices from Case Studies:


Train Youth to Become Future Leaders and Role Models


Create an Incentive for Advancement


Invest in Staff


Create an Apprenticeship Program


Build Formal and Informal Mentor Systems


Explore a Career in Youth Work


Inspire Students to Become Youth Workers


Pay Compensation for Professional Development


Be Respectful of Staff


Build a Professional Network


Emphasize Quality


View Staff as Partners in Decision Making


Provide Incentives


Explore Meaning and Renewal in Youth Work


Use the Internet as a Viable Recruitment Tool


Collect Information on the Frontline Youth Worker


Methodology


Interviewees

 

The mission of Cornerstones for Kids (C4K) is to improve the lives and circumstances of vulnerable children.  C4K is  a not for profit organization formed in 2004, and led by the Cornerstone Consulting Group, to house and manage the Human Services Workforce Initiative (HSWI).  The premise is that human services can positively impact the lives of vulnerable children and families, but that we cannot produce better outcomes for these individuals without addressing the workforce charged with helping them.  In partnership with key national and state organizations in the fields of child welfare, juvenile justice, child care, youth development and employment services, C4K is identifying the challenges facing this workforce, highlighting best practices, and working toward policy solutions.  HSWI is funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.  For  more information about Cornerstones for Kids and HSWI, please visit: www.cornerstones4kids.org.

 

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

NYDIC was developed with support from DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Lilly Endowment Inc. through a partnership with the Indiana Youth Institute and other generous funding.