ABSTRACT
The concept of time is of fundamental importance in the youth work process. Youth work necessarily takes place over time, in part because the process needs time to develop. The relationships need to develop and deepen. Trust also needs to be established, and neither of these things can be achieved overnight. This is particularly true when working with young people who find trusting adults difficult or who have often been let down in the past. Time also needs to be taken to form relationships, and then for those relationships to provide the platform from which the process can develop.
