1. A Framework for Youth Work with Refugees:
An interim analysis
Komalsingh Rambaree: Associate Professor, Research Area: Youth, Ecosocial Work & Computer-aided Qualitative Data Analysis (Research)
Maria Berg: President & Consultant Slätterne Gård HVB AB & Ex. Project manager, Trainer Traumawise Care (Save the Children), and coordinator unaccompanied minors, Region Gävleborg (Practice)
Robert Thomson: Adviser on Adolescent Health and Youth Policy, Visiting Lecturer (Policy)

2. Youth Work
Evidence-based Practice
Practice-based Evidence
ABDUCTIVISM

3. Young Refugees Swedish Migration Board (2016)
Disarters: War, Chronic Poverty, Conflicts, Violence, ill-health, Stress, Loss, Grief
Development:
Peace, Security, Safety, Protection, Health & Wellbeing
Journeys to a new life with resilience
Swedish Migration Board (2016)
2015: Out of 162 877 applications 35 369 unaccompanied minors
About 40% of Europe’s total applications (highest in Europe)
2015: 80% of unaccompanied minors were granted asylum in Sweden of which the vast majority are adolescent boys from Afghanistan

4. Social Integration
Young Refugees: Internal and External Challenges and transition – Growth & Development, Integration, adjustment & Settlement,
Nature of Youth Work: Inclusive & Participative
Social Integration: Societies – safe, stable & just – based on human rights, non-discrimination, tolerance, respect, diversity, equal opportunity, security & participation.
2-Way Process: Providers & Receivers

5. Knowledge-based Youth Work
Knowledge: Theories & Methods
Theory: What is happening/going to happen & why
Method: Design model of intervention & practice
-> norms and standards for youth work even in emergency and humanitarian contexts
Eco-social Work:
Both Theory & Method
Systems approach –holistic model
People in Environment (social & bio-physical)
Strong link between bio-physical Env. & social problems at local and global levels

6. Eco-social Work: Youth Work with Refugees
Cultural Competence
Holism
Human Rights & Social Justice

7. Holism European Commission: Recommendation – Holistic Approach
Holistic: Social, Economic, Politic, Cultural, Ecological
Youth Work: Broadest Possible Understanding on Young Refugees – holistic initiatives & responses – multi-disciplinary team work (partnerships)
Eco-social
Lack of Focus in discourses – bio-physical environment
Young Refugees: ”Uprooted & Transplanted”
(Hammond, 2004)
Ungar (2011: 1) – Resilience
Greater emphasis on social & physical ecologies

8. Cultural Competence European Youth Work Convention 2015:
Critical Practice – fostering inclusion while respecting traditions & differences (CE-EU, 2016)
Council of Europe (2011: 2):
“Cultural …competences encompass an ability to acquire, use, and make changes in culture for diverse culture in Europe to flourish …richness preserved & protected”
Cultural Competence is enhanced by Reflective Practice, even in a humanitarian and emergency context in which youth work is provided to adolescent refugees and migrants (Unfortunately – received so little attention in Youth Work Discourses)

9. Kinds of Reflection (Day, 2000)
the holistic: the context and content;
the pedagogical: learning from theories, methods, field interactions, facts and past experiences;
the interpersonal: group dynamic, relationship and networking;
the strategic, ethical, effective and efficient means of achieving set goals;
the intrapersonal: reflexivity takes place (Self & biases).

10. Human Rights & Social Justice
Human Rights goes together with social justice –Human Rights as bedrock for Social Justice (Wronka, 2017)
Council of Europe: the guarantee of human rights for ALL who are physically in the territory of the member states (European Convention on Human Rights)
Youth Work: Racism, Sexism, Classism, homophobia
Concepts: injustices, violence, oppression, marginalisation, powerlessness and so on.

11. Athens to Sweden: Journeys to a New Life

12. Project 1: An Innovative Multi-disciplinary Eco-social Work Initiatives for Youth (Up-cycling and Entrepreneurship)

13. Project 2:Promoting Reflective Equine-Assisted Activities with Young Refugees

14. Project 3: Life Skills Programme
MODULE 1: Know and Understand Self - Session 1.1: Health/Hygiene/Self-care - Session 1.2: Emotions - Session 1.3: Coping with Stress MODULE 2: Know and Understand Others - Session 2.1: Identity/Values - Session 2.2: Sex and Sexuality - Session 2.3: Healthy Relationships (Interpersonal/Community)/Power MODULE 3: Know and Understand Society - Session 3.1: Communicating Respect/Social Engagement/Cultural Awareness - Session 3.2: Planning - Session 3.3: Wild Card, Adolescent Select MODULE 4: The Big Picture/Making Connections