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Youth Work Ireland is a co-ordinating and development agency for 22 Local Youth Services throughout the country giving voice to the needs and aspirations of young people, to support and encourage trained volunteers and staff and ultimately, to improve the quality of life for young people in the context of community based youth services:www.youthworkireland.ie
The Youth Work Ireland Teen Between Service is a partnership project with the Marriage and Relationship Counselling Service (MRCS) and delivers a specific advice, listening and support service, for adolescent children whose parents/guardians are experiencing relationship difficulties, relationship breakdown, separation or divorce. This partnership project has been in operation since 1999.
The staff involved in the delivery of this service are full time youth work practitioners, youth information workers or senior volunteers with Youth Work Ireland Local Youth Services. They undergo a screening and recruitment process with qualified counselling trainers from the Training & Education Division of MRCS, which is accredited by the Irish Institute of Couple Counselling.
If selected as suitable following the screening/recruitment process, they undertake a specially designed training programme, which includes an introductory Listening & Communications Skills day followed by two residential training weekends on Teen Between. Subsequent to this there are follow-up/refresher training days and further training is also available from MRCS to train existing Teen Between workers to become Supervisors.
The service usually involves 4 to 6 sessions with the young person. Procedures are in place if further referral is required for the young person and this is covered in the training programme.
The service is provided in nearly 50 locations around the country by the following 12 Local Member Youth Services of Youth Work Ireland. Just click on the name of the Local Youth Service below to download a brochure with details on how to access the service in that location.
- Donegal Youth Service
- FDYS Youth Work Ireland (Wexford)
- Meath Youth Federation
- Midlands Regional Youth Service (Offaly & Westmeath)
- North Connaught Youth Service (Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo)
- Ossory Youth (Kilkenny)
- Tipperary Regional Youth Service
- Youth Work Ireland Galway
- Youth Work Ireland Laois
- Youth Work Ireland Louth
- Youth Work Ireland Monaghan
- Cloyne Diocesan Youth Service (County Cork)
