Nexus: connecting research, policy and practices to support young carers
▶Summary
We intend to provide youth workers with the skills needed to engage the young persons they work with in research to make it more participatory, action-focused and participant-led, and ultimately m...
▶Objectives
We intend to provide youth workers with the skills needed to engage the young persons they work with in research to make it more participatory, action-focused and participant-led, and ultimately more suitable to inform policy-making at all levels of governance. This becomes particularly important when policy, research and practice aim to support at risk of marginalization groups which still largely remain under the radar, such as young carers (YCs), on which the project will focus.
▶Activities
The project intends to develop, test and disseminate a training programme and methods aiming to upskill youth workers and enable themto contribute to the development of evidence-based policies in support of young carers at all levels of governance via participatory research and policy-consultation mechanisms involving the young people they work with.
▶Impact
A) One multi-language (EN-IT-GR-FR), piloted and evaluated learning course of core-competencies needed by youth workers to contribute to research and policy around young carers, together with a guide for its replication by other providers B) A MOOC to reach out to more learners and stakeholders across Europe C) A co-developed policy reccomendation report on how to promote the engagement of youth workers in policy and research