Work with the Young Person as the Focus
One of the areas of knowledge and skills that a youth worker must hold is to “work with the young person as the focus”.
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Podcast 039 Why research must inform your practice
In Todays episode “Why research must inform your practice” Aaron talks about the need for evidence based practice in Youth Work
Podcast 036: Child Rights
In this episode of the Ultimate youth Worker Podcast ‘Child Rights’ Aaron and Jessy give us some insight into the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child and how youth workers can use the articles within it to sharpen their practice.
Walking the Boundaries
Walking the Boundaries is not just about ‘doing no harm’ to clients, examining codes of conduct, or protecting practitioners from liability or litigation. This powerful, provocative set of cards is designed to help build the skills, knowledge, self-awareness and professional transparency that lie at the heart of respectful practice.
What makes Ultimate Youth Workers unique?
Ultimate Youth Worker, eh. What makes you an Ultimate Youth Worker then? After seventeen years in the youth sector I have had the opportunity to see the good, the bad and the ugly that can be our cohort. I have seen youth workers who should never have been allowed to start work as they were […]
Supervision
Take Your Career in Youth Work to the Next Level with Expert Supervision! Whether you’re applying for individual supervision or exploring the power of group supervision, you’ve taken an important step in investing in your career, your wellbeing, and your impact on young people. Supervision isn’t just a professional requirement — it’s a powerful opportunity […]
Podcast 015: Faith and identity
To support the podcast, donate her! Faith and identity In this episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast ‘Faith and identity’ Aaron speaks with Dr. Julie Morsillo about her work focussing on youth identity development and what impact faith has on this. Julie grew up in Sydney, spent a year in Papua New Guinea with her […]
Podcast 011: What do we mean by profession
To support the podcast, donate here! Podcast #011: What do we mean by profession In todays podcast Aaron brings you into some of his research from his Honours thesis. The question of what we mean when we say youth work should be a profession is one that rarely gets asked in the youth work literature. […]
Aaron Garth
Aaron Garth – CEO Aaron Garth is a well-respected Australian youth worker, social worker, and mental health practitioner who has dedicated his career to strengthening the youth work profession and the people within it. As the Chief Executive Officer of Ultimate Youth Worker, Aaron leads a national social enterprise focused on equipping youth workers and […]
What do we mean by professional youth work?
There has been a lot of talk over the past few decades about the need for professional youth work. The big issue here is we don’t really know what we mean when we say we need to professionalise! What do we mean by professional youth work?