Youth volunteering for youth: Who are they serving? How are they being served?

Debbie Haski-Leventhal; Natti Ronel; Alan S. York; Boaz M. Ben-David

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.12.011

Youth volunteering for youth: Who are they serving? How are they being served?

Debbie Haski-Leventhal, Natti Ronel, Alan S. York, Boaz M. Ben-David

Department of Criminology

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Abstract

Youth volunteering for at-risk youth can have an impact on the clients' willingness to receive help as well as the youth who volunteer. The current study, undertaken in drop-in centers for youth at-risk in Israel, studied youth volunteers in comparison with adult volunteers as well as the clients of the service. It combined quantitative and qualitative data in order to understand the motivations, benefits and commitment of youth volunteers and to compare these aspects with those of adult volunteers in the same organization. Findings show that youth volunteers have different motivations, benefits and costs than adult volunteers. Youth volunteers are more relationship oriented; adult volunteers are more service oriented; and the volunteer group plays several important roles in youth volunteering. The clients (at-risk youth) perceived the youth volunteers as helpful and described how volunteers their age changed their world view and empowered them to volunteer themselves. In addition, there are blurred boundaries between youth clients and volunteers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	834-846
Number of pages	13
Journal	Children and Youth Services Review
Volume	30
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.12.011
State	Published - Jul 2008

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The research described here was carried out under the auspices of the Interdisciplinary Center for Children and Youth Studies, and the Bob Shapell School for Social Work, Tel-Aviv University. It was funded by the Research and Planning Administration and Division of Service Development, the Israel National Insurance Institute, and by ELEM, Association for Youth at Risk.

Funding

The research described here was carried out under the auspices of the Interdisciplinary Center for Children and Youth Studies, and the Bob Shapell School for Social Work, Tel-Aviv University. It was funded by the Research and Planning Administration and Division of Service Development, the Israel National Insurance Institute, and by ELEM, Association for Youth at Risk.

Funders	Funder number
Association for Youth at Risk
Division of Service Development
ELEM
Research and Planning Administration
Israel National Insurance Institute

Keywords

Adolescents
At-risk youth
Group
Motivation
Youth volunteers

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