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Self Care 101: Have a plan

Why is self care so important??? In a couple of words self care is important because of ‘Vicarious Trauma&#8217...

The question of qualifications.

Since our last post our Director of Operations has been fielding questions that usually started with ‘so you th...

Why youth worker’s need to gain practical wisdom!!!

Over the last few months I have been encouraged to imagine what youth work might look like in the future. This h...
Relational youth work

The importance of good professional supervision

Over the course of my career I have had over a dozen supervisors throughout half a dozen or so specialities. Some of ...

The need for audacious Ultimate Youth Workers

Over the past two days I have attended the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria (YACVIC) ConnectFor conference in Melbou...

What extra standing will i have if Youth Workers professionalise?

I was recently chating with a bunch of social workers about their professional association and it became clear to me ...

The debate rolls on.

I was speaking to a group of youth work educators this week when the question of professionalising came up. I was int...