In todays episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast, “Listen to Engage”, Aaron speaks to us about the need for youth workers to listen respectfully to their young people. On of the keys to developing respectful engagement with our young people is the skill of listening to gain understanding of how they view their experiences.
Description In youth work we hear a lot of stories or narratives. They come from young people, educators, parents, police and many more. When working with our young people these stories can be points of pain, hurt, betrayal and perhaps even hope. These stories are often multi-layered and even multi-authored. The stories are internalised leading […]
Description A Strengths Based Approach to Behaviour Management might sound counterintuitive to many in the sector. Behaviour management has become a buzz in education, residential services and disability over the past two decade as a way for staff to deal with ‘behaviours of concern’. Unfortunately, much of the training and therefore the implementation of these […]
Have you ever wondered how best to have conversations with young people who use and abuse substances to effect change? Then this is for you! In this webinar you will become familiar with the work of Prochoska and DiClemente, Thorley and Roizen to begin to develop a framework for having conversations with young people to […]
Dual diagnosis has become an increasingly recognisable concern in youth work over the last decade. With extensive funding being put into both drug and alcohol services as well as mental health services the issue of dual diagnosis is one firmly in the scope of many youth workers. In this three-hour training you will gain an […]
Trauma informed work with young people requires a high level understanding of our own practice framework, values and stress. It requires ongoing training, supervision, support and a positive trauma informed work environment. This three-hour webinar gives an opportunity for those who work with young people to refresh and learn through experiential activities, case study reflections […]
Case noting in youth work is an integral and important part of practice for practitioners in the Human Services Sector. Research has shown that good record-keeping practices play a vital part in achieving and maximising positive client outcomes. This three-hour training is based on best practice evidence-based strategies for writing and recording client interactions across […]
Aaron Garth is the Executive Director of Ultimate Youth Worker, an education, training and supervision service based in Melbourne. He is an academic, researcher and an advocate for the professionalisation of the youth sector. Aaron has worked as a youth worker in a number of settings including counselling, street drug and alcohol outreach, rehabilitation, family […]
Looking out for ourselves is key to youth work success. But it’s hard to do if you don’t have a clear plan for action. Youth work is all about relationships. We pride ourselves on being able to create and maintain positive relationships with young people where they can grow into the people they want to […]
In todays episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast “Supervision” Aaron speaks to us about the need for youth workers to have good professional supervision. As an industry that claims professional status it is ludicrous that mot of our members do not receive a minimum of monthly professional supervision..