Youth work

The sociocultural animation can develop in different areas and at all stages of life, but has been in the field of youth which have invested most public institutions, in line with that proposed by the Spanish Constitution of 1978 Article 48 on promoting public authorities so that the youth will participate freely in the political, social, cultural economic and democratic state will provide the means to do so.

But today's youth continues to enjoy a few opportunities because of difficulties in education, economic and labor, which takes full incorporation into adulthood.

Of rebellious youth and promising a few decades ago has now become a social problem aggravated by abuse of alcohol and drugs, unemployment and political and social pasotismo. This problem is caused by society itself and even pays for itself, given that the ruling classes (political and economic) and increased social control, or whatever it is, so young critics, less assertive and younger youth consumerism and easy to handle .

Therefore, the youth problem is created by society, relationships and the very sick structural pathology, with young people with the problem and the main victim.

If we change this reality will have to know the signs that reveal a social pathology. These characteristics manifest the youth problem can be summarized in:

- The young have much more time for himself. - The unemployment rate keeps you from meeting your needs. - The absence of values ​​mean that, in most cases they let go of politics. - The street appears as an area of ​​freedom, to live any kind of sensation and experience to face the daily monotony. - The gang developed their freedom and affection in front of the family, school and hostile environment. - Inaction by the lack of job opportunities enhances the boredom, loneliness and frustration. - The culture of leisure tends to increase consumption, making the real needs of artificial needs manipulated by big business (mobile phone, music, clothing). - Need to increase the training period by the inability to access the production process. - Emergence of social pasotismo or absenteeism. - Emergence of new forms of manipulation and alignment (crime, loitering, drug addiction).

In these conditions of life the young man loses his sense of solidarity with the community or family integration, responding with violence, crime, etc..

In this perspective, youth work does not consist in making activities for young people but give them the means to be who put themselves to work to develop their personality and identity, in short:

- What are the leaders for the solution of their problems, profession, job, school, leisure, autonomy ... - Integration into the social life: work, associations, voluntary ... http://www.animacion.synthasite.com