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Motivation

Being principled may get you into trouble

Over the years more people than I can count have told me that my personality and behavioural styles can irk others an...
March 11, 2014

A sense of entitlement: youth work education in the 21st century.

Over the past few months I have spoken with over a dozen youth work educators from throughout the world about the&nbs...
July 16, 2013
Career

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...
June 13, 2013
Personal Ultimate Youth Worker

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
mental health

Mental state exam for youth workers: Cognition

Second last post this week for our series on Mental State Exams. Over the past few weeks we have been building a...
May 24, 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
mental health

Mental state exam for youth workers: Mood and Affect.

So far in this series we have been developing an understanding of the core components of a mental state exam. So far ...
May 2, 2013
mental health

Mental State Exam for youth workers: Behaviour.

“Oh Behave!” Austin Powers knew all to well that we toe a fine line as humans when it comes to ‘nor...
April 5, 2013