Childhood and youth have become increasingly important topics across a range of disciplines, professions, and studies, and The Short Guide to Working with Children and Young People is an accessible introduction to the main concepts and policies surrounding them. Surveying the key theoretical perspectives of child and youth studies, it prepares readers with new ways of thinking about working with children and young people. Clear, concise, and accessible, it allows students to make more informed choices about their career pathways.
Liesl Conradie is the course coordinator and senior lecturer in child and adolescent studies at the University of Bedfordshire. Tyrrell Golding is a youth work lecturer at the Open University.
Liesl Conradie is the Course Coordinator and Senior Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Studies at the University of Bedfordshire. She is a professionally qualified youth worker who has worked with children, young people and communities in England and in South Africa. She is also an associate lecturer for The Open University on the youth work degree.
Tyrrell Golding is a Youth Work Lecturer at The Open University. She has extensive experience of working with young people and communities, both in England and abroad, and writing and delivering youth work training programmes.