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Observe the D in DISC for youth worker’s

Last Thursday we began a Series looking at the DISC behavioural profiling system and discussed how DISC can help us t...

Youth Justice: Restoration or Retribution?

We asked our followers recently what they would like us to talk about on the blog and one topic stood out as a major ...

Youth Worker Identity

A couple of months ago I attended a conference where Professor Rob White from the University of Tasmania stated that ...

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...

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...
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