Presenting an analysis of the ethical dilemmas facing youth workers in their day-to-day practice, this text offers an insight into both the perennial dilemmas of youth work practice, and the challenges faced. Ethics and the youth worker / Sarah Banks -- Working in welfare : youth policy's contradictions and dilemmas / Phil Mizen -- Ethics, collaboration, and the organisational context of youth work / Kenneth McCulloch and Lyn Tett -- Resourcing youth work : dirty hands and tainted money / Tony Jeffs and Mark K Smith -- Youth workers as professionals : managing dual relationships and maintaining boundaries / Howard Sercombe -- Youth workers as moral philosophers : developing right thinking and mindfulness / Kerry Young -- Youth workers as controllers : issues of method and purpose / Tony Jeffs and Sarah Banks -- Youth workers as converters : ethical issues in faith-based youth work / Maxine Green -- Youth workers as critical interpreters and mediators : ethical issues in working with black young people / Umme F. Imam and Rick Bowler -- Youth workers as confidants : issues of welfare and trust / Sue Morgan and Sarah Banks -- Youth workers as researchers: ethical issues in practitioner and participatory research / Janet Batsleer -- Young people as activists : ethical issues in promoting and supporting active citizenship / Jason Wood