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Guest post on youthsectorblog.

Our guest post is being published on the collaborative blog youthsectorblog.wordpress.com today – it’s a frank discus...

Calendar management for the youth work professional.

Here is a little something that doesn’t get taught in school but will change your way of working forever. I was...

Top 5 blog posts of the first twelve months of Ultimate Youth Worker.

Well its almost been twelve months! On the 26 June 2012 we started out on a journey to support youth workers and...

What is youth work without innovation and risk?

As a youth worker in the current neo-liberal regime we are told to play it safe, cover your arse and don’t do a...

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...
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Youth worker education: The time for change is nigh.

A while ago we wrote on what post-qualifying education might look like for the youth sector. We had a number of peopl...

Mental State Exam for youth workers: Insight and Judgement

We are finally here our series on mental state exams is in its last week. Over the past eight weeks we have built an ...

Do youth workers really provide justice for young people in youth justice?

One of the first options put forward to my youth work class for gainful employment was working in the youth justice s...

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...

Developing the leaders of the future: youth work qualifications aren’t enough!

I was having a conversation with a diploma student today that made the hair on the back of my kneck stand on edge. He...