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Guest Post on youthworkinit.com

Our guest post is being published on The youthworkinit.com blog today – it’s an open look at the gap between youth wo...

Behaviour not personality = Great youth work.

We have all heard the saying “the road to hell is paved with good intentions“. No more have I seen t...
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Self care 101: There is no work life balance

Work life balance I have just finished reading an article in the latest Journal of the Australian Association of Soci...

Build your youth work network

One of the main differences between a good youth worker and a great youth worker is their ability to get things done ...

Accountability

As I said a few weeks back the team at Ultimate Youth Worker are currently developing our “Model of Effective Y...

Youth Worker Identity

A couple of months ago I attended a conference where Professor Rob White from the University of Tasmania stated that ...

Self Care 101: Have a plan

Why is self care so important??? In a couple of words self care is important because of ‘Vicarious Trauma&#8217...

Reflective practice: Why we should journal.

The team at Ultimate Youth Worker are currently developing our “Model of Effective Youth Work Practice” w...

The question of qualifications.

Since our last post our Director of Operations has been fielding questions that usually started with ‘so you th...

Why youth worker’s need to gain practical wisdom!!!

Over the last few months I have been encouraged to imagine what youth work might look like in the future. This h...