In Finland, the social nature of youth work has been addressed in several recent reforms of the Youth Act. As yet, it remains to be discovered how far the outreach youth work requirements first included in the Youth Act in 2010 as an amendment, and incorporated in the most recent act of 2017, will push youth work in Finland towards the realm of specialized social work. The aim of this chapter is to describe the social aspect of youth work during different periods and to show how youth work has always been connected to everyday policy. The article illustrates aspects of the “social” in youth work by means of selected historical excerpts. The article covers several periods: the beginning of the 20th century, 1917-1944, the 1940s and 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and 2008-2017.