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Professional

Youth work: The professional relationship

I have been rereading “Youth Work Ethics” by Professor Howard Sercombe lately. I forgot how good a read i...
July 20, 2015
Professional

Relational youth work.

I have been in contact with a youth worker lately who is currently writing a book about relational youth work. In our...
April 30, 2014
Future

Why young people need youth work more than ever.

Young people need youth work The past decade has been a time of immense struggle throughout the world. Mass killings,...
April 22, 2014
Career Professional

Passion needs to be tempered for effective youth work.

I was recently speaking to an organisation who were going to fire a youth worker. They had a list of grievances a mil...
October 7, 2013
Child Safety

What is a youth workers Duty of Care: Reporting abuse

Over the past few weeks I seem to have had a number of people ask about ethical practice and duty of care in youth wo...
November 27, 2012