Code of Occupational Ethics for the Youth Service in Wales, Feb 2012. Youth Workers have a responsibility to:
1 - promote policies and practice that enhance the self- determination, self- esteem, collective responsibility and the active citizenship of young people
2 - promote the rights of young people and their parents and guardians
3 - advise and support young people for the purpose of extending
and developing their experiences, interests, awareness and responsibility
4 - assist young people in the transition to adulthood by respecting and understanding their needs at a time of physical and emotional change
5 - respect confidences shared by young people and their privacy while upholding those established protection and employment guidelines developed to support and protect young people and ensuring that the welfare and personal safety of the young person are at all times primary
6 - involve young people in the development of the occupation
7 - create and ensure the maintenance of safe and healthy settings that foster young people's physical, intellectual, social, emotional, moral and spiritual development
8 - avoid participation in, and inform appropriate authorities of, practices which are disrespectful, degrading, dangerous, exploitative, intimidating, psychologically damaging or physically harmful to young people
9 - protect young people from abuse and neglect
10 - report abuse and neglect so that action can be taken
