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Implimenting self care in your youth work organisation.

Self care in your organisation At a number of conference we have presented at this year we have been asked by manager...

Developing a professional youth sector is harder than we first thought.

Today I was at the Annual General Meeting of the Youth Workers Association here in Victoria. It was a modest affair w...

Passion needs to be tempered for effective youth work.

I was recently speaking to an organisation who were going to fire a youth worker. They had a list of grievances a mil...

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...

Mental State Exam for youth workers: Insight and Judgement

We are finally here our series on mental state exams is in its last week. Over the past eight weeks we have built an ...

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 ...
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Become more than you are right now: A youth work specialist

As a parent I want to see my children have more opportunities than I did as a child. I want to see them bec...

What will youth work look like in 2013?

Over the last couple of weeks we have had the pleasure of some amazing guests answering the question, “What wil...

How to encourage young people as a youth worker

One of the most enjoyable parts of being a youth worker is providing a measure of encouragement to our young people. ...

Observe the S in DISC for youth worker’s

Over the past few weeks we have been looking at the DISC behavioural profile and its use for youth worker’s in ...
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