The presentation deals with the question: to what extent is social work with youth influenced by the personal life histories of the professional staff involved? The focus of inquiry is on the relevance of previous experiences of social workers with migration and diversity in daily interaction with youths who find themselves in difficult situations and who appear endangered from a social perspective. The paper seeks to offer fresh insight into the importance of migration and diversity within social professional fields, in particular in connection with developing measures of care and support for youths from migration families. It endeavors to show, in as plastic and understandable a way as possible, what can be understood when we talk about and strive for a diversity-conscious perspective on education for social work with youth and its professionalization in migration societies.

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