Working with Girls in Gangs

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Description

  • Type

    Workshop

  • Duration

    1 Day

By the end of the course participants will: Have an understanding of why girls and young women join gangs Be aware of the roles that girls and young women play within those gangs. Have an understanding of how gangs are structured Have an understanding of skills required to work with girl and young women involved in gangs. Suitable for: Practitioners working with young women in a wide range of contexts - youth workers, social workers, mentors, connexions, teachers, outreach workers, police, YOT workers

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Course Description:

This interactive workshop is geared towards increasing the knowledge and raising the awareness for workers and organisations that intend or currently working with girl gangs. The session will explore some of the issue when working with girl gangs .

Topics covered during the workshop will include:

  • What is a gang? Why do girls/young women join gangs?
  • Roles girls and young women play in a gang
  • The rise in girl gangs
  • Raising awareness of issues facing youth workers, when working with girls in gangs
  • Society and stereotypes
  • Examples of good practice of work with girls in gangs

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