Step It Up

Good Practice

If you are using Step It Up, for whatever purpose, we would love to hear from you so that we can highlight that good practice and share it with the rest of the youth work sector and other professionals. The information we get from you will also help us to map any further development of the Step It Up resource which may be required.

Simply download this form and email back to tfrew@youthlink.co.uk; or, print the form out and post back to: Timothy M. Frew, Development Officer (Training); YouthLink Scotland, Rosebery House, 9 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 5EZ.

Click here to view YouthLink Scotland's policy brief on Step It Up.

If you are interested in Step It Up Training and further guidance please click here

If you want to download the Step It Up Report Click here (Please Note this is a very large file and will take some time to download)

If you want to download the Step It Up Toolkit Click here 

The Step It Up materials have been produced to support development work with young people in youth work settings across Scotland. They are a resource for youth workers and young people to help raise the effectiveness, profile and status of this demanding work. Based upon a new definition of the purpose of effective youth work, the Step It Up materials provide a guide to social and emotional competences in youth work settings and offer practical links to curriculum development.

The materials are based on a set of social and emotional competences, which derive from the purpose of youth work and are highly relevant to the kind of learning which young people gain in youth work settings.

Step It Up comprises:

• A report of the project, including research and findings, the purpose of youth work, the range of competences, and curricular links. See ‘Report’ above.
• A specially designed self-assessment programme providing a structure for young people to chart progress in social and emotional development and show evidence of this. See ‘Toolkit’ above.

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