The Education and Youth Board (Harno) wants to reach troubled young people through social media, online games and forum platforms and offer them support. The agency plans to spend nearly €1 million on providing such online youth work.
Harno wants to launch an online youth work service aimed at reaching people ages 15 to 26 who are not studying or working or who are at risk of ending up in that situation. The goal of the service is to help young people return to education or the labor market.
Although youth workers are already active in many regions and mobile youth work services and the Youth Guarantee support system are also in place, Harno says a significant number of young people in need of support still go unnoticed.
These may be young people who do not attend events, do not spend time in shopping centers or parks and may not respond to calls or messages from welfare specialists. However, they often communicate in digital environments, including social media, online games, forums and other platforms.
The agency is now looking for a partner to help reach young people online. To do so, the partner must maintain a visible presence on platforms used by young people, such as Discord, TikTok, Instagram, Twitch and Reddit, as well as gaming environments including Steam, Minecraft, Roblox and others.
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