Presentation in English about Verke's research findings.

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