Be kind to youth work students: they are the future of the profession.

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As a youth worker with over a decade in practice a number of qualifications and a private practice I have supported m...

January 7, 2014

Over the past year we have attended a number of conferences and seminars throughout Australia on the awesome practice...

December 16, 2013

I have been asked this question about a dozen times over the last six months by eager young potential youth workers l...

November 18, 2013

For youth workers to be the best they can be, they need well trained and supported management. We need to have manage...

November 12, 2013

In a month I will be speaking at a conference in my nations capital city about the need for self care in our sector. ...

October 22, 2013

Two years ago almost to the day I joined the board of an organisation. In that time I have served faithfully have onl...

October 16, 2013

I was recently talking to a youth worker who hadn’t had a holiday in over five years. Aside from a couple of lo...

September 4, 2013

Youth work is a difficult profession. It requires the patience of a saint, the wisdom of Aristotle and the stamina of...

May 27, 2013

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

May 1, 2013

A while back I was reading a blog post by Mark Oestreicher, A youth pastor from the USA. In it he states th...

April 30, 2013