Emotional Well-being, Art and Youth Work

“Emotional Well-being, Art and Youth Work” is a training course for professional and/or voluntary youth workers working directly with young people in a regular basis.

The aim of the course is to increase youth workers’ competences in using art methods to support emotional well-being of young people.

Objectives:

1. To provide knowledge regarding emotional well-being which is specific and relevant within the professional limitations of youth work;

2. To develop basic practical skills for applying creative and artistic methods (such as creative writing, ebru painting, forest art, etc.) in order to address emotional well-being when working with young people;

3. To inspire and motivate youth workers to use new methods and reach out to young people in a holistic and sensible manner;

4. To explore the relationship between creative and artistic methods and their influence on the well-being of young people;

5. To exchange, expand and improve youth workers working methods by sharing best practices, methods and context-based learning from different realities, communities, and youth groups, in relation to emotional well-being;

6. To expand youth workers knowledge about youth exchanges and youth participation activities within Erasmus+ programme.

Target group:

The invitation to apply to this training course is for you if you are:

- a professional and/or voluntary youth worker working directly with young people on a regular basis;

- at least 18 years old;

- able to communicate and learn in English;

- able to start using what you learn in the training in your everyday work.