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Police records and public perception: Youth work with conviction

Over the years I have had the pleasure of working with a number of young people who have had run ins with the justice...
June 4, 2013
Career Motivation

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...
May 22, 2013
Professional

A new paradigm for world wide youth work

For a long time now there has been a conversation going on in youth work. A professional/ para-professional dichotomy...
May 7, 2013

What can youth worker’s learn from ANZAC day?

Today Australians throughout the world stop to pay tribute and remember those who lost their lives in World War One a...
April 25, 2013
Professional

Youth workers need to do more than just support young people.

As a youth worker I have worked in a number of settings. I have learnt new skills and tried new things. One thing how...
April 2, 2013
Career

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...
March 20, 2013
Ethics

Do you have a code of ethics???

Working with young people has led me to be in some dicey situations throughout my career. I have worked with young pe...
January 29, 2013
Career

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...
January 24, 2013
Professional

Deep engagement in youth work

All too often in youth work we are forced to commit ourselves to shallow engagements with young people. Whether becau...
November 20, 2012
Personal

Observe the C in DISC for youth worker’s

Over the last five weeks we have looked into the best tool we know of to help people build relationships with people ...
November 15, 2012