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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...

We need to develop the future potential of the youth work sector.

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

99% attitude and 1% skill: youth work students need to realise!

I have recently been reviewing the student placements of a number of youth work students. I have been speaking with t...

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...

Ultimate Youth Worker on C2Y Podcast: Youth Work Online

A couple of weeks ago our Executive Director had the privilege of speaking with Wolfgang Vachon of C2Y Podcast. In th...

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&...

Developing leaders in youth work: Its crucial to mentor.

Many years ago after finishing my degree I asked one of my professors for some guidence with an piece of work I was d...

We need to do better: Critically reflective practice and supervision in youth work

This evening I sat in on a class preparing students for a masters degree placement in the human services. The topic f...

R U ok? a daily question for great youth workers.

Tomorrow is R U OK day here in Australia. R U OK day is an initiative to help the general public support their friend...

Managers just need to get out of the way of great youth work.

In the height of this neoliberalist push towards managerialism we are finding that more managers seem to be looking o...