Podcast 015: Faith and identity

To support the podcast, donate her! Faith and identity In this episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast ‘Faith and identity’ Aaron speaks with Dr. Julie Morsillo about her work focussing on youth identity development and what impact faith has on this. Julie grew up in Sydney, spent a year in Papua New Guinea with her […]

Mental Health Resources

Youth Mental Health Resources

There are so many youth mental health resources… Where do you start when you need youth mental health resources? We get asked all the time where the best resources are. Well finally we have created a resource just for youth workers. All the resources here have been check and tested by our team. These youth […]

Podcast 014: Youth Work Ethics

To support the podcast, donate here Youth Work Ethics In this episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast ‘Youth Work Ethics’ Aaron speaks with Professor Howard Sercombe about his over two decade looking at and developing Youth Work Ethics documents. Howard Sercombe is a leading youth work academic and practitioner.  He has been a pioneer internationally in thinking […]

Christian Youth Work

A Conversation about Christian Youth Work Hey there amazing youth worker, Thanks for listening to me speak today on Christian Youth Work. I really appreciated the opportunity to help you implement a participatory framework in your ministry. At Ultimate Youth Worker we want to see every youth worker become the best they can be. The journey […]

Podcast 013: Youth Work and Power

In this episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast Aaron speaks with Ben Lohmeyer from Tabor College of Higher Education about his research into youth work and power. Ben’s research interests include: youth, governance, violence (personal, structural and neoliberal) and youth work practice.

Global Youth Worker Network

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Youth Mental Health First Aid

Youth Mental Health First Aid

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Aaron Garth

Aaron Garth is a well-respected Australian youth worker, social worker and mental health practitioner who has dedicated his career to supporting and advocating for the profession of youth work in Australia. Aaron Garth is the Executive Director of Ultimate Youth Worker, an Australian based organisation that provides training, coaching, and support for youth workers and […]

Sociological Imagination

Podcast 010: The Sociological imagination

In todays Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast “the sociological imagination”, Aaron gets us thinking about the need for youth workers to see more than just the individual young person. We look at the work of Sociologist C. Wright Mills and how it relates to youth work. Here are the shownotes.

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  Global Youth Worker Network We hear every day about our friends and colleagues burning out. We know 21% of youth workers leave the sector entirely every year. We know that community sector workers have the highest rates of psychological distress claims through workcover. Yet, when it comes to dealing with these issues, frontline workers […]