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Objectives. The objective of this thesis was to examine and analyse the experiences of youth workers concerning the use of audit and self-assessment model.The focus of this the-sis was to examine how the model was used and described as a method in developing youth work. Evaluation and assessment are part of working life. The expansion of evaluation has happened especially in public sector. In youth work there is not much research about evaluation or assessment practices. One of the objectives of this thesis was to find ideas how to develop assessment practices. Methods. Data was collected by two focus group interviews. There were altogether nine par-ticipants who all work as youth workers in capital region. They all had used audit and self-assessment model and part of them had also been with when the model was developed. Content analysis was used when analysing the data. Results and Conclusions. The attitude towards audit and self-assessment model proved diverse. Youth workers consider the model as useful method when assessing youth work, but they were choosy concerning individual criterion and utilization of audit result were partly in-complete. Audit and self-assessment model was considered beside assessment model also as a tool which helps to clarify the content of youth work.