One of the first things our Streetwork youth caseworkers do when a vulnerable young person joins our mentoring program is to find out their interests or hobbies. It might be graffiti art, rap music, songwriting, photography, or movies. The trick is finding it. Once you validate a young person's interest you can start to speak their language and let them know you care about them as a unique person.
We recently had a young person who was interested in video content production. Our talented agency - Casual Films - supported him (and his talented Zombie youth caseworker!) - to create and edit this video.