Blog

2013 Australian Youth Affairs Conference wrap-up

From August 5-7 the team from Ultimate Youth Worker attended the Australian Youth Affairs Conference in Adelaide, Sou...
August 9, 2013
Professional

Why so difficult: Understanding theory doesn’t need to be fear inspiring jargon.

I was speaking to some of my students recently about their time in the courses I teach in. Many of the student said t...
July 29, 2013
Ethics Professional

Firm, Fair, Friendly but never Familiar: Boundaries in youth work.

Over the years I have been asked hundreds of times about how to set boundaries in youth work. I have spoken to this i...
July 11, 2013
Ethics

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...
June 5, 2013
mental health

Mental state exam for youth workers: Cognition

Second last post this week for our series on Mental State Exams. Over the past few weeks we have been building a...
May 24, 2013
Motivation

What gets youth worker’s through stressful times???

In our work the staff at Ultimate Youth Worker meet with a number of downtrodden, stressed out youth workers who are ...
May 20, 2013
mental health

Mental State Exam for youth workers: Speech and language.

Over the past few weeks we have been developing an understanding of the components of a mental state exam. So far we ...
April 18, 2013

Guest post on drownthenoise.wordpress.com/

Our guest post is being published on Neels Redelinghuys’ Blog today – it’s an open look at the situations ...
April 16, 2013

I’m a Slut…No one will love me!!!

Hard conversations are bread and butter for the average youth worker. I always love walking into a new youth work env...
February 26, 2013
Ethics

Virtue Ethics and Practical Wisdom.

This week we are learning through video. This is a short clip of Barry Schwartz speaking on Virtue etthics and practi...
February 5, 2013