Jon Ord is Reader in Youth and Community Work at UCP Marjon, Plymouth, UK. He has worked as a youth worker for twenty years, and is the author of Youth Work Process, Product and Practice, as well as a number of articles concerning the theory and practice of youth work.

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• Introduction Part 1: The Context of Youth Work Management 1. From Advice to Management: The Arrival of Youth Workers’ Accountability 2. The Neo-Liberal Policy Context of Youth Work Management 3. ‘Theories’ of Youth Work Management Part 2: Critical Issues in the Practice of Youth Work Management 4. On Managerial Discourses, Cultures and Structures 5. Are Youth Work Leaders Free to Lead? An Exploration of the Policy Constraints 6. Planning: For Opportunities Not Outcomes 7. Evaluation: Ensuring Accountability or Improving Practice? 8. Re-Balancing Supervision 9. Managing Centre-based Youth Work 10. Towards an ‘Intelligence-based’ Approach to Detached Youth Work Management Part 3: The Settings of Youth Work Management 11. Managing Youth Work in Integrated Services 12. The Management of Faith-based Youth Work 13. Managing in the Voluntary Sector: The Particular Challenges of Managerialism

Jon Ord is Reader in Youth and Community Work at UCP Marjon, Plymouth, UK. He has worked as a youth worker for twenty years, and is the author of Youth Work Process, Product and Practice, as well as a number of articles concerning the theory and practice of youth work.

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• Introduction Part 1: The Context of Youth Work Management 1. From Advice to Management: The Arrival of Youth Workers’ Accountability 2. The Neo-Liberal Policy Context of Youth Work Management 3. ‘Theories’ of Youth Work Management Part 2: Critical Issues in the Practice of Youth Work Management 4. On Managerial Discourses, Cultures and Structures 5. Are Youth Work Leaders Free to Lead? An Exploration of the Policy Constraints 6. Planning: For Opportunities Not Outcomes 7. Evaluation: Ensuring Accountability or Improving Practice? 8. Re-Balancing Supervision 9. Managing Centre-based Youth Work 10. Towards an ‘Intelligence-based’ Approach to Detached Youth Work Management Part 3: The Settings of Youth Work Management 11. Managing Youth Work in Integrated Services 12. The Management of Faith-based Youth Work 13. Managing in the Voluntary Sector: The Particular Challenges of Managerialism

Jon Ord is Reader in Youth and Community Work at UCP Marjon, Plymouth, UK. He has worked as a youth worker for twenty years, and is the author of Youth Work Process, Product and Practice, as well as a number of articles concerning the theory and practice of youth work.

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• Introduction Part 1: The Context of Youth Work Management 1. From Advice to Management: The Arrival of Youth Workers’ Accountability 2. The Neo-Liberal Policy Context of Youth Work Management 3. ‘Theories’ of Youth Work Management Part 2: Critical Issues in the Practice of Youth Work Management 4. On Managerial Discourses, Cultures and Structures 5. Are Youth Work Leaders Free to Lead? An Exploration of the Policy Constraints 6. Planning: For Opportunities Not Outcomes 7. Evaluation: Ensuring Accountability or Improving Practice? 8. Re-Balancing Supervision 9. Managing Centre-based Youth Work 10. Towards an ‘Intelligence-based’ Approach to Detached Youth Work Management Part 3: The Settings of Youth Work Management 11. Managing Youth Work in Integrated Services 12. The Management of Faith-based Youth Work 13. Managing in the Voluntary Sector: The Particular Challenges of Managerialism