For youth workers, COVID-19 is just another challenge

It’s no surprise that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, youth workers have leapt into action to make sure that their vital work is still accessible to the young people they support.
UNISON member Tony Rawlings is one of them. As a youth worker in Slough, he leads a team of five who focus on street work and young people likely to be involved in gangs.
As he described it: “We tend to work with young people who others struggle to work with. We try to find out what’s going on with you