Youth leaders


Youth leaders are persons that are active in youth work field.
Youth leaders, educator or youth counsellor are not the same as Child and Youth Worker named persons in Canada and United States of America, which are therapeutics youth workers.
They are also Youth Workers, or Youth Support Workers.
When acting in youth communities, they are called Community youth workers.

Training

In several countries they take special trainings in order to be employed.
For instance for non-professional Youth Leaders:
For professional Youth Workers, professional qualification programmes of study are offered by universities or colleges of higher education.