Profession youth programme director

Youth programme directors develop and implement programmes and policies to improve and ensure youths' well-being. They facilitate communication with and between educational, recreational, counselling or other youth related institutions, organise events for youths and families, and promote social mobility and awareness.

Personality Type

• Enterprising / Social

Knowledge

• Pedagogy

  The discipline that concerns the theory and practice of education including the various instructional methods for educating individuals or groups.

• Impact of social contexts on health

  The social and cultural contexts of individuals` behaviours, and the impact on their health within their social and cultural context.

• Adolescent psychological development

  Understand the developments and the development needs of children and young persons, observing the behaviour and the attachment relationships in order to detect developmental delay.

Skills

• Establish collaborative relations

  Establish a connection between organisations or individuals which may benefit from communicating with one another in order to facilitate an enduring positive collaborative relationship between both parties.

• Maintain relations with local representatives

  Maintain good relations with representatives of the local scientific, economic and civil society.

• Analyse goal progress

  Analyse the steps which have been taken in order to reach the organisation's goals in order to assess the progress which has been made, the feasibility of the goals, and to ensure the goals can be met according to deadlines.

• Maintain relationships with government agencies

  Establish and maintain cordial working relationships with peers in different governmental agencies.

• Promote social change

  Promote changes in relationships between individuals, families, groups, organisations and communities by taking into consideration and coping with unpredictable changes, at the micro, macro and mezzo level.

• Analyse community needs

  Identify and respond to specific social problems in a community, delineating the extent of the problem and outline the level of resources required to address it and identifying the existing community assets and resources that are available to address the problem.

• Develop a pedagogical concept

  Develop a specific concept that describes the educational principles on which the organisation is based, and the values and behaviour patterns it advocates.

• Promote the safeguarding of young people

  Understand safeguarding and what should be done in cases of actual or potential harm or abuse.

• Liaise with local authorities

  Maintain the liaison and exchange of information with regional or local authorities.

• Promote social awareness

  Promote the understanding of dynamics of social relationships between individuals, groups, and communities. Promote the importance of human rights, and positive social interaction, and the inclusion of social awareness in education.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB