ABSTRACT
The layman would expect that the youth service is the service to turn to in all matters affecting youth and the service has often fostered this expectation. In origin the youth service was the expression of a concern on the part of adults for either the moral or physical condition of young people. In 1960 the National Council of Social Service published ‘An account of Young People in Voluntary Youth Organizations’ entitled Young People Today. Most voluntary youth movements can be seen as one of three kinds; reinforcing, reforming or recruiting. The training function of youth service is the educational function. For the youth leader one criterion externally applied to his work is likely to be the practical achievements of groups within his club and sporting, artistic, or social service achievements rank high. The organization of youth service agencies is usually both hierarchical and bureaucratic.
