GoJa (GUT DRAUF) = Health-oriented youth work in Cologne

Monika Baars, City of Cologne, Office for Children, Youth and Family

Holistic Health Promotion and Addiction Prevention

• Professionalisation• Developing standards• Networking • Open youth work• (from over 60 youth facilities = 25 youth facilities)• Selective prevention• Voluntariness• Youth facilities as networking partners in social

environments• Over 2,500 children and youth

GoJa/GD as a partially open concept

• GUT DRAUF (Feel Good) – Instruction and standard development (3 days‘ training, certificate where necessary)

• Move = motivational swift intervention (3 days‘ instruction, certificate)

• Moderated networking gatherings (4 x 3 hours annually)

• Detailed advanced training on request• Training of work groups• Project autonomisation

• Salutogenesis

• Protective factors

• Focus: Communication

• Process orientation

GUT DRAUF as support for the training ofprotective factors

• Youth facilities offer the possibility of emotional and social support outside of the family

• Youth facilities offer clear rules and structures

• Youth facilities mediate an atmosphere of value appreciation

• Youth facilities provide a model for active and constructive coping behaviour

• GUT DRAUF as a holistic approach (salutogenesis)

• GUT DRAUF is implemented in a youth facility as a low-threshhold applied healthy living environment

• GUT DRAUF as „door opener“ for change (persuasion and automatism)

Protective Factor Communication

• Addressing and motivating youth who are „difficult to reach“ through Move = motivational swift intervention (counselling advanced training)

• Leads to acceptance of offers of assistance with the greatest possible protection of autonomy

• Combination– Motivational interviewing (Miller and Rollnick)– Trans-theoretical stage method of behavioural change

(Prochaska)

Brief Counselling Interviews

• Accepting accompaniment of the individual, rather than confrontation

• Protection of autonomy instead of exertion of power

• Respect and empathy instead of dominating expert knowledge

• Clear feedback instead of non-directive openness

Stages of Change – Behavioural change as a flowing process – Setbacks are possible at any time

• Unintentionality

• Developing purpose (ambivalences)

• Preparation (concrete steps)

• Action (testing)

• Maintenance (persevering)

Process orientation through moderated networking gatherings

(accompanied by the University of Applied Sciences at Cologne)

• Developing purpose and preparation of „assessments“ of existing health promotion projects

• Action and maintenance: Theoretical input and

instructional phase as well as certification

• Conclusion: – Annual conference– Documentation– Autonomisation of the network (including district youth care)– Further detailed proposals

Health Promotion Programme (principal of development of health)GoJa/GUT DRAUF (2006 – 2008 et seq.) Standing: May 2008

(red framed fields are compulsory)

GoJa/GUT DRAUF = 25 Cologne

youthfacilities

Immersion

GUT DRAUFinstruction

3 days

GUT DRAUFcertification

Mentoringdialogue

perconversation

GUT DRAUFcertification

Outreachleisure time

activitiesRheinFlanke

gGmbHKöln kickt

Initial stagesin the socialenvironment

Standarddevelopment

Transferringto other

fields of work

Instructionmotivating

Swiftintervention

3 days

Moderatednetwork

gatherings(8)

Advanced training and

councelling for addiction

prevention

Advanced training and

councelling for AIDs

prevention

Advanced training and

councelling for eating disorders

prevention

Nutritionalconsultation

Organiser:City of Cologne

Office for Children, Youth

and Family of the city of Cologne

(Coordinationfor AddictionPreventionand Youth

Care),University of

Applied Scienceat Cologne,(Pedagogy,

Youth Welfareand HealthPromotion),

B.i.S.S.(Addiction

Counselling)SKM e.V. Köln,SkF e.V. Köln,

Institute for Childhood,

Youth, Families and

Adults

Cooperationpartners:AIDS-HilfeKöln e.V.,Drogen-hilfe KölngGmbH,Specialist

Department for Addiction

Prevention,Health

DepartmentCity of Cologne

Nutritionconsultation,

SKM e.V.Cologne

SpecialistDepartmentfor AdditionPrevention,Mädchen-

Haus Lobby for Girls

RheinFlankegGbmH

köln kickt,GUT DRAUFtransfer e.V.

ProjectAgency ofthe BZgA

Qualifiedobservationsin six social

environmentsUniversity of

Applied Scienceat Cologne

Goal:• Networking the youth facilities

• Instruction in healthpromotion topics•GUT DRAUF

certification• Pro-active work insocial environment

Thank you for your attention.