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We need more youth worker show offs!!!

I have had a number of discussions lately where people told me they know nothing about youth work. The sad part was t...

A small group of thoughtful, concerned youth workers changing the world.

A little over twelve months ago I was part of a small group of youth workers at their wits end with how the yout...

Calendar management for the youth work professional.

Here is a little something that doesn’t get taught in school but will change your way of working forever. I was...

Bring a pen and paper!!!

A short one today! Over the last couple of weeks I have been working with a number of student youth workers help...

Why do youth worker’s struggle to work together???

Over the last few months we have been working with a number of organisations to help them develop in one way or anoth...

Youth work in the education system: where theory and practice collide.

Last week we spoke about the need for youth workers in the education system to have good relationships. This week we ...

Youth work in the education system

In the early days of my career I had the privileged of being a youth worker that went into our local high s...

Get out of youth work: how to know when its time to move on.

Over the years I have had the privilege of working with a number of amazing youth worker’s who epitomise the va...
Celebrate

Become more than you are right now: A youth work specialist

As a parent I want to see my children have more opportunities than I did as a child. I want to see them bec...

How youth worker’s can get more things done!

I love to read! it is an insatiable fetish that I have. I never had it until I hit my mid twenties and then I wa...