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youth worker

youth worker noun: a person who works with youngsters, to promote informal education.

Noun

youth worker (plural youth workers)

  1. (Australia, UK) A person who works with youngsters, to promote informal education.
    • At the moment, she’s a youth worker with the local council, primarily dealing with teens who’ve got into trouble. “I think I can save them,” she says. “Open their eyes to uni or a job.” But she can’t save any money on two contracts, one of which is zero-hours and the other guaranteeing only nine...2023 August 17, Aditya Chakrabortty, “Can’t pay and they really do take it away: what happens when the bailiffs come knocking”, in The Guardian

Forms of youth worker

pluralyouth workers

Questions about youth worker

What does youth worker mean?
Youth worker means a person who works with youngsters, to promote informal education.
What part of speech is youth worker?
Youth worker is a noun.
What is the plural of youth worker?
The plural of youth worker is youth workers.

Words near youth worker in the dictionary

  1. youth movement
  2. youth movements
  3. youth organization
  4. youth organizations
  5. youth work
  6. youth worker
  7. youth workers
  8. youth-centric
  9. youth-on-age
  10. youthe
  11. youthemism

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