Welcome to 2015 and a few of our goals

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Welcome to 2015! Woo Hoo. Well 2014 throughout Australia and indeed the world saw youth work under the pump. In Austr...

January 5, 2015

Depression We continue mental health month at Ultimate youth Worker with the most spoken about of brain disorders, De...

October 13, 2014

Anxiety is a problem faced by around one in ten young Australians aged 18-25. For young people aged 13-17, the figure...

October 7, 2014

We kick off mental health week with the most prevalent of disorders, Anxiety. Anxiety robs people of their ability to...

October 4, 2014

In my class on mental health I often ask if we are beating back the stigma of mental illness. Students often say no&#...

October 2, 2014

Plans are important I was talking with a student of mine today about the need for youth workers to have plans. Career...

September 22, 2014

Today, I had the pleasure of a lunch with a good friend and supporter of the work of Ultimate Youth Worker. A manager...

July 22, 2014

Over the past few years I have had the privilege of educating youth workers in a number of educational facilities thr...

July 21, 2014

In the AYAC National Youth Work Snapshot 2013 a survey of youth workers showed that 8.4% of surveyed youth workers ha...

July 1, 2014

The supervision environment is important to staff uptake All to often I hear from youth workers that they don’t...

June 24, 2014