Inclusive Youth Exchanges - Blended Learning Course

This blended learning course is for youth workers who would like to become more competent facilitators or group leaders in international mobilities offering inclusive and safe programmes even for highly vulnerable young people.

The course is structured around three interconnected learning components:

• The LADDER Online Course (Feb-April 2026),
• The Inclusive Youth Exchanges Residential Training (8-16 April, 2026 (incl. travel days) in Galyatető, Hungary),
• an optional on-the-job learning with mentoring, offered to a selected group of participants. This final component is designed for approximately half of the residential training participants, who will practice what they have learnt taking on the roles of facilitators or group leaders in one Youth Exchange organized by us taking place in summer 2026 in Latvia and Spain (more details in attached info pack).

The aims of the course are to:

• build the competencies of the participants in working with highly vulnerable youth
• provide knowledge about providing more inclusive and safer programmes
• design and facilitate youth exchanges for highly vulnerable youth
• create a deeper understanding of

      - violence prevention and safeguarding in youth work

      - trauma-informed approach in youth work

      - how to work with resistance

      - psychological first aid

      - risk management in youth work

      - intercultural dimensions of youth work

• gain tools to manage challenging situations
• increase awareness of youth workers of their resources and of possible directions of their professional development.

Methods of the course:

 - Online self-paced learning

- Residential training:

•       - Experiential Learning: Learning by doing.
•       - Reflective Sessions: Individual, small, and big group reflections.
•       - Meta Reflection: Analysis of the overall learning process.
•       - Sharing good practices among participants.

- Optional on-the job learning with mentoring