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mental health

What are we up to: Youth mental health

We have met with a number of our supporters lately and one question keeps coming up…What are we up to at the mo...
July 27, 2015
Professional

Youth work: The professional relationship

I have been rereading “Youth Work Ethics” by Professor Howard Sercombe lately. I forgot how good a read i...
July 20, 2015
Research

We need to develop our youth work research base

Youth work research has come a long way over the past decade or so. We have gone from a profession that was grappling...
July 2, 2015
Youth Homelessness is a big issue
Homelessness

Youth Homelessness Matters: Because we don’t realise its happening

A thought on youth homelessness A former Victorian Premier when asked why he was closing down youth refuges for homel...
June 15, 2015
Family Violence

Family violence and youth work

Family Violence is rampant in Australia There is not a youth worker amongst us that has not had to deal with the scou...
May 26, 2015
Ultimate Youth Worker

Corruption in education is hurting young people listeningVersion

There is currently an Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) investigating corrupt spending within...
May 20, 2015
Self Care

Is it time to take a holiday?

I am wrecked! It has been a long semester so far. Dozens of youth work students pushing hard to finish their qualific...
May 11, 2015
Children's Court
Career

Youth work in the court system: its extremely important

Today I took a bunch of youth work students on a tour of the Melbourne Children’s Court. The Children’s Court o...
April 13, 2015
Youth Worker passion
Motivation

What is within you?

All to often we are judged by our pasts. Most often by the decisions we have made which went awry. We look behind us ...
February 2, 2015
Walk Away
Motivation

Motivational Monday: Walk away!

My career as a youth worker has always pushed the boundaries. Whether it was pushing social workers in family service...
January 19, 2015