Blog

Career Development

Podcast Episode 007: Career Development

To support the podcast, donate here! One of the biggest concerns youth workers have about the job is the lack of oppo...
What is Youth Work?

Podcast 006: What is Youth Work Part Two

To support the podcast, donate here! What is Youth Work? In our previous cast “What is Youth Work – 002” we looked at...
Ultimate Youth Worker

Podcast 005: Who is Ultimate Youth Worker?

To support the podcast, donate here! Who is Ultimate Youth Worker? Today’s podcast is a quick one to answer som...

How do I become a youth worker: Start here.

I want to become a youth worker Over the years I have had hundreds of people speak to me, email me, message me on Fac...

BREXIT and youth work

Brexit has come So last week saw Britain vote to leave the European Union. The Brexit referendum saw an unprecedented...

Why you should support external supervision

Over a career spanning 15 years I have seen some abysmal youth work management. For the most part it is a pure lack o...

Keeping motivation in youth work

Life is tough, and so is youth work. Keeping motivation can be difficult. From the outside most people only see the c...

Youth work and politics

Politics is great One of my favourite questions for youth work students is how much they love politics. It asks them ...

Youth work and your family

Family comes first Over the past few weeks I have been reflecting on the pressures youth workers face because of the ...
Recruit great youth workers

7 tips for recruiting Ultimate Youth Workers

Recruiting Ultimate Youth Workers… Recruiting is one of the most important jobs a youth service manager will ev...