Accepting youth work

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The accepting youth work is a social work skills concept. It was developed at the beginning of the 1990s by Franz Josef Krafeld at the University of Bremen .

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The concept is based on forms of “ outreach street work ” that was practiced with hooligans and drug addicts in the 1980s . Specifically, this means: The social worker tries to approach the young people with a low- threshold offer. The approach is based on the idea that right-wing extremist youth are to be understood as “ losers in modernization ”. The right-wing extremist sentiment can be traced back to poorer socialization conditions, deficiencies in professional qualifications, unemployment and frustration. The immediate aim is to reduce right-wing extremist acts of violence and to deter young people from crimes. The medium-term goal is to leave the right-wing extremist scene.

With regard to right-wing extremist youth, this social work approach is controversial, insofar as the danger is seen of creating freedom for the right-wing extremist scene. The protection through the accepting youth work , so the accusation, could help to secure the existence of a right-wing extremist youth movement and make it socially acceptable .

Already towards the end of the 1990s, there was a rethink and accepting youth work in work with right-wing extremists was largely abolished. Street workers also deal with right-wing extremist youth. Accepting youth work should not mean accepting that the young people are extremist and can remain so. The concept tries to pick up young people where they are, but to develop a democratic awareness.

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