Supervision

Podcast 040: Supervision

In todays episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast “Supervision” Aaron speaks to us about the need for youth workers to have good professional supervision. As an industry that claims professional status it is ludicrous that mot of our members do not receive a minimum of monthly professional supervision..

Podcast 038: Planning for your year ahead

In todays podcast “Planning your year ahead” Aaron helps us to think about the areas we need to plan for our best year in 2021. We look at our personal and professional lives and set about planning eight areas to develop the best possible start to the year. Planning for your year ahead One of […]

Preventing child abuse, how can we do it?

There are 42 articles in the Convention of the Rights of the Child that are predominately centred around the idea that parents and governments are responsible for the physical and emotional safety of children. The convention states that children have a right to feel safe from any type of harm. As parents, mentors, teachers, youth […]

What is NSSI?

I have a story for you to set the scene. I was working in a residential home on a night shift, there was myself and one other staff in the home with four young people aged between 5 and 16. One of the young people, a female aged 12, had just returned home after being […]

Walking the Boundaries

Walking the Boundaries

Walking the Boundaries is not just about ‘doing no harm’ to clients, examining codes of conduct, or protecting practitioners from liability or litigation. This powerful, provocative set of cards is designed to help build the skills, knowledge, self-awareness and professional transparency that lie at the heart of respectful practice.

Shadows

Shadows and Deeper Shadows

Shadows and Deeper Shadows is an emotionally charged set of 48 watercolour images. This resource acknowledges that pain and suffering (such as grief, depression, loss and violence) often need to be storied before pathways to resolution can be found.

Paper Works

Paperworks (PDF version)

Simple really is best! Here is a versatile set of 12 visual metaphors, each with three questions on the back. These versatile paper tools can open doors to conversations and reflection—super fast! Each master features a delightful line illustration that is easily recognised and interpreted by adults, young people and children alike.

Paper Works

PaperWorks

Simple really is best! Here is a versatile set of 12 visual metaphors, each with three questions on the back. These versatile paper tools can open doors to conversations and reflection—super fast! Each master features a delightful line illustration that is easily recognised and interpreted by adults, young people and children alike.

Let’s talk about reflective practice.

I was in a youth advisory committee meeting for a local council last week and we asked each young person what issues they are passionate about. One of the answers really stood out to me, a young person said “I am passionate about recognising and understanding my privilege and using it to give a voice […]

Youth Mental Health First Aid

Youth Mental Health First Aid

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