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mental health

youth workers need to stop mental health stigma

In my class on mental health I often ask if we are beating back the stigma of mental illness. Students often say no&#...
October 2, 2014
Mental health
mental health

Mental health… Do you understand?

Mental Health is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the Western world. Unfortunately, most youth work educati...
September 29, 2014
Career

Life is what happens to you while your busy making other plans.

Plans are important I was talking with a student of mine today about the need for youth workers to have plans. Career...
September 22, 2014
Professional

Peer support is key to youth work longevity.

Today, I had the pleasure of a lunch with a good friend and supporter of the work of Ultimate Youth Worker. A manager...
July 22, 2014
Career

Become more educated: Youth work longevity requires it!

Over the past few years I have had the privilege of educating youth workers in a number of educational facilities thr...
July 21, 2014
Professional

Why should a youth worker have supervision?

In the AYAC National Youth Work Snapshot 2013 a survey of youth workers showed that 8.4% of surveyed youth workers ha...
July 1, 2014
Supervision

The youth work supervision environment: importance of neutrality

The supervision environment is important to staff uptake All to often I hear from youth workers that they don’t...
June 24, 2014
Supervision

Seven things a manager needs to know about internal supervision?

You should be doing internal supervision As a youth worker who managed staff one of the areas I spent a lot of my tim...
June 21, 2014
Professional

Chaplains in schools: A youth workers thoughts

Chaplains in schools One of the most contentious issues in youth work today is funding. We don’t have enough mo...
June 3, 2014
Motivation

Just try… your doomed if you don’t!

Many of my clients over the years have been doomed by inaction. In many cases it has not been that they lack ability ...
June 2, 2014