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Caring. Youth Social Work

Since its foundation, the IB and many of its services have focused on youth. The IB’s youth work and youth welfare services, its professional rehabilitation assistance, social work and its own schools and educational centres offer educational and development opportunities to young people. In its mission statement and vision of mankind, the IB tries to eliminate any barrier in the life of both  the individual and society and to grant everyone the right to develop freely, to take responsibility and to participate actively in the development of society. These services are based on the principles of inclusion and empowerment. All young people should receive the same opportunities and learn to respect diversity. Empowerment is taken to mean motivating young people to activate their own opportunities and strengths, in order to solve problems, to overcome crises and stressful situations self-reliantly. The IB  has created its own guidelines to assure the utmost protection of children and young people.

In the scope of international youth social work projects, the IB promotes young people’s key competences improving their professional and social skills. The IB is a member of various European networks, including among others the Youth and European Social Work (YES) Forum, which is active in international youth social work.

The IB’s youth social work can basically be separated into three core areas with increasing relevance: school related, vocation and work related and social environment related youth social work.

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