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Youth worker self care over Christmas.

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the youth service agency there were youth workers running around like...

Implimenting self care in your youth work organisation.

Self care in your organisation At a number of conference we have presented at this year we have been asked by manager...

Managers need support to do their job: youth work depends on it.

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

Self care is a workplace health and safety issue

Self care is an OHS issue Over the past few months I have been reading as many articles as I could get my hands on lo...

Do you suffer from “youth worker says yes” syndrome?

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

The youth sector must promote self care

Promoting self care One of my best mates in youth work said to me today that  he had been speaking to a bunch of peop...

Vicarious trauma and youth workers: a recipe for disaster.

Today I was reflecting on my career and the major traumatic events that I have seen. I was speaking to a class of sch...

Good self care in youth work

Self care is an ethical requirement I have heard, over the past year or so, more excuses as to why youth workers can&...

Get more sleep!!!

Over the past month my sleeping patterns have gone completely out the window. Sleep is one of the most important thin...

Post conference slump

If you follow us on facebook or twitter you will know that some of the Ultimate Youth Worker team were at the Victori...