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youth worker en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (Australia, UK) A person who works with youngsters, to promote informal education.
   • At the moment, she’s a youth worker with the local council, primarily dealing with teens who’ve got into trouble. “I think I can save them,” she says. “Open their eyes to uni or a job.” But she can’t save any money on two contracts, one of which is zero-hours and the other guaranteeing only nine hours’ pay a week. 2023 August 17, Aditya Chakrabortty, “Can’t pay and they really do take it away: what happens when the bailiffs come knocking”, in The Guardian:

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Translations (4)

sv ungdomsledare (one who works with youngsters) · fi nuorisotyöntekijä (one who works with youngsters) · fi nuoriso-ohjaaja (one who works with youngsters) · cmn 青年工作者 (one who works with youngsters)