1. Digitalisation of
Municipal Youth Work 2019
Heikki Lauha, Verke
17.9.2019

2. Digitalisation of youth work
Digital Youth Work
Digital Services
Digital Solutions
Digital Infrastructure

4. the average
youth worker
uses
7
digital services
in youth work
2013: 19 %
2019: 98 %
Smart phones
provided by the
employer
Digital transformation is all about cultural change

8. 60 % assess their digital skills as basic level
10 % feel that they lack basic digital skills

13. • Digital issues are not included in
organisational strategies —> delivering
digital youth work relies on the shoulders
of individual (youth) workers
• Development of digital youth work is not
always data-driven or evidence-based
• Digital technology is still seen mainly as
social media, and it’s full potential is not
yet fully discovered
• Many digital youth work projects
concentrate on one activity / method —> a
larger view to digital youth work is needed