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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 teamĀ 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...

Dealing with our God complex!!!

I remember not long after I got married about 5 years into my youth work career being out every other night...

What post-qualifying education might look like!!!

I have been thinking a lot lately about the need for ongoing professional development and post-qualifying educat...
Relational youth work

The importance of good professional supervision

Over the course of my career I have had over a dozen supervisors throughout half a dozen or so specialities. Some of ...

The need for audacious Ultimate Youth Workers

Over the past two daysĀ I have attended the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria (YACVIC) ConnectFor conference in Melbou...