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Observe the D in DISC for youth worker’s

Last Thursday we began a Series looking at the DISC behavioural profiling system and discussed how DISC can help us t...
Critical reflection

youth work peer consultation: reflective practice revisited

Reflective practice with your peers We have all had those moments in our youth work career. We are stuck and we don’t...

Behavioural observation is the key to best practice youth work.

A few weeks ago we stated that we would look at how to develop a behavioural lensto inform how you work with young pe...

Youth work boundaries: fuzzy or fixed???

Today I was speaking with some youth worker’s about the state of our profession in Australia and what is holdin...

Youth Work Project Management

Welcome to our first ever Thursday Think Tank. Here we will discuss tips, tools, frameworks and systems that will hel...

Youth Justice: Restoration or Retribution?

We asked our followers recently what they would like us to talk about on the blog and one topic stood out as a major ...

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...
Law

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 ...