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Professional

We need older youth workers!

Youth work is an interesting profession. The vast majority of staff are under the age of 35. The average youth worker...
April 28, 2014
Research

Adolescent brains are awesome.

Adolescent brains I love TED talks! There is nothing quite as awesome as a snippet of bite sized informative goodness...
April 23, 2014
Future

Why young people need youth work more than ever.

Young people need youth work The past decade has been a time of immense struggle throughout the world. Mass killings,...
April 22, 2014
Professional

We must change our thoughts in youth work.

Perception. It is what causes many of the issues I see every day. It is also something that I have been thinking abou...
April 21, 2014
Motivation

Love what you do!

In our work we come across some of the most awesome youth workers in the service. They absolutely love their work. Th...
April 14, 2014
Motivation

Why are you a youth worker?

This week sees the launch of National Youth Week here in Australia. It is about this time every year that I spend som...
April 2, 2014
Professional

Funding cuts to youth related programs

Funding cuts In a funding coup which has not hit the youth sector like this before three national governments have co...
April 1, 2014
Child Safety

Mandatory reporting of abuse for youth workers may be a thing of the past.

We have spoken a number of times about the duty of care that youth workers hold to report abuse. In Victoria, youth w...
March 25, 2014
Professional

Professional development for Youth Ministers about youth work.

We know that a significant number of our readers are youth ministers who are seeking to develop a deeper understandin...
March 19, 2014
Professional

‘I was told I wouldn’t have time for reflective practice when I qualified as a social worker’

I recently came across this great article from Community Care in the UK through a post by the amazing Teenage Whisper...
March 17, 2014