This badge recognises your commitment to understanding and integrating digital youth work into your professional practice. It is awarded to youth workers and youth work managers who explore the activity content and resources and demonstrate an understanding of how digital youth work aligns with youth work goals and can be meaningfully embedded into everyday practice.
This badge aligns with the SNAC Digital Competences Framework for Youth Work, particularly within the following competence areas:
- Shared Guidelines and Peer Learning – building a common understanding of digital youth work and integrating it into practice
- Supporting Creative Self-Expression – meaningfully using digital tools and methods in youth work
- Identity Growth – understanding how digital environments shape young people’s experiences and supporting their development in digital contexts
Earning this badge demonstrates your capacity to critically reflect on digital transformation in youth work, apply digital tools and approaches in a purposeful and inclusive way, and strengthen the quality and relevance of youth work in a digital society.