Youth work

Challenges in everyday life?

Do you worry about school matters, friendships, free time or hobbies, the future, dating matters or other challenges that come with youth? With a special youth worker, you can share both joys and sorrows. Let's think together how to get through things. The target group of special youth work is young people from the age of 12.

In addition to individual work, special youth work is also done in youth facilities, schools, and you can also come across a special youth worker in street work where young people move around. Special youth work also includes service guidance and counseling. The special youth worker belongs to the team called Ankkuri of the Riihimäki Police Department.

The special youth worker can be contacted by the young person, guardian, teacher, curator or anyone. Feel free to contact us!

Contact information:

Sari Lähdeniemi, tel. 040 330 4719

Kaisa Nurminen, tel. 040 330 4717

At the moment, the youth services have no plans for international youth work.

Youth services and the parish of Riihimäki carry out school mentoring activities in close cooperation. Low-threshold school mentoring activities can be, for example, playing games, playing games, discussions, voting, or participating in school events or theme days.

All middle schools (Harjunrinne, Pohjolanrinne and Kara) have their own responsible persons, i.e. school mentors. They have formed working pairs in such a way that both the youth services and the church's responsible workers are on a weekly visit to their own schools at the same time.

The role of the youth counselor during the school day is to be an extra adult who has time to listen, talk and be with the young people. School sponsors visit their own schools during lunch breaks. School mentors also participate in the planning of their own school's events and are responsible for developing the sense of community in individual classes according to the school's needs.

• The school mentor of Harjunrinne school is youth director Heidi Lindroos. Weekly visits on Tuesdays from 10.45:12.20 a.m. to XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.
• The school mentor of Kara's school is youth director Katariina Mikkonen. Weekly visits on Wednesdays from 10.45:12.20 a.m. to XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.
• The school mentor of Pohjolanrinne school is youth director Heikki Leväniemi. Weekly visits on Thursdays from 10.45:12.20 a.m. to XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.

Youth work at school supports the success of the school's main task, teaching. A school youth worker is an adult in the school who has time to meet and interact with young people. His task is to promote the school's sense of community and students' participation and well-being. Youth work supports students who have challenges in social skills and working in a group. A school youth worker meets young people during the school day and in their free time, acting as a link between the school day and free time.

A school youth worker works at each middle school one day a week.

Contact information:

Mirja Päivinen, phone 050 505 8756

mirja.paivinen@riihimaki.fi

Katariina Mikkonen, tel. 040 330 4710

katariina.mikkonen@riihimaki.fi

Group activities for school classes

The school can order special grouping for a class perceived as challenging, which needs support in matters related to community and working in a group. The grouping is tailored on a case-by-case basis, and after the grouping, it is assessed whether there is a need for further work.

You can get more information about groupings from the school youth worker and school sponsors.

Group exercises of 7th graders

Grouping days for seventh-graders are organized at the beginning of the fall semester in cooperation with youth services, the church, student care, the library, the Finnish model of hobbies and the Ankkuri team. During the day, the purpose is to build the new class's collective spirit and get to know classmates by working together. The coordinator of the grouping day is the curator of each middle school.

The 7th graders' group sessions continue as a grouping process, which includes four more grouping lessons. The school youth worker is responsible for the grouping process, who implements the grouping lessons in cooperation with the school curator.