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Youth mental health

Youth workers as mental health gatekeepers

We’ve been asked a fair bit over the last month what our stance is on mental health. There seems to be two camp...

Annual report 2014-2015

Aaron GarthAaron Garth is the Executive Director of Ultimate Youth Worker. Aaron has worked as a youth worker in a nu...

What are we up to: Youth mental health

We have met with a number of our supporters lately and one question keeps coming up…What are we up to at the mo...

Youth work: The professional relationship

I have been rereading “Youth Work Ethics” by Professor Howard Sercombe lately. I forgot how good a read i...

We need to develop our youth work research base

Youth work research has come a long way over the past decade or so. We have gone from a profession that was grappling...

Its our third birthday!!!

Another year down and we can’t thank you all enough. In one of the toughest years to hit our sector in over a d...
Youth Homelessness is a big issue

Youth Homelessness Matters: Because we don’t realise its happening

A thought on youth homelessness A former Victorian Premier when asked why he was closing down youth refuges for homel...

Family violence and youth work

Family Violence is rampant in Australia There is not a youth worker amongst us that has not had to deal with the scou...

Corruption in education is hurting young people listeningVersion

There is currently an Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) investigating corrupt spending within...

Is it time to take a holiday?

I am wrecked! It has been a long semester so far. Dozens of youth work students pushing hard to finish their qualific...