Theory and practice: skills and knowledge of youth work

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I had a discussion with a couple of students the other day which is a regular occurrence in my experience. The studen...

March 17, 2015

One of the most often cited reasons for staff turnover in the youth sector is the lack of promotion opportunities. Wh...

November 12, 2014

Plans are important I was talking with a student of mine today about the need for youth workers to have plans. Career...

September 22, 2014

Over the past few years I have had the privilege of educating youth workers in a number of educational facilities thr...

July 21, 2014

One of the values of Ultimate Youth Worker is ‘excellence in all we do’. We expect that if people are pay...

May 13, 2014

The argument levelled at youth work as a profession and youth workers in particular that gets my goat the most is tha...

February 4, 2014

I have been asked this question about a dozen times over the last six months by eager young potential youth workers l...

November 18, 2013

I have recently been reviewing the student placements of a number of youth work students. I have been speaking with t...

October 15, 2013

My best friends think that I am absolutely nuts. How can I work day in and day out with people who almost ritualistic...

October 14, 2013

I was recently speaking to an organisation who were going to fire a youth worker. They had a list of grievances a mil...

October 7, 2013