Skarpnäck folk high school is one of 25 schools in Sweden delivering education and training of leisure time professionals/ youth workers (in the following called youth workers). The education is full time for two years and equivalent to university studies. The youth worker profession is relatively new as such. Skarpnäck was one of the pioneers – founded 1963 by the city of Stockholm - with more than 40 years of initial and further training of youth workers