Youth work Let me be blunt about youth work. You can not try out youth work. Its not like playing a game of basketball and then giving up. Its not like trying to paint and deciding you are not able to do better than stick figures. Its not like cooking where if you stuff up […]
My career as a youth worker has always pushed the boundaries. Whether it was pushing social workers in family services work to listen to the voice of the young people in the clientele or getting local government youth services to use more social media I have always pushed for the next evolution in working with young people. […]
Christmas present ideas for an Ultimate Youth Worker Twas the week before Christmas and if your like me, your wondering what to get for some of your youth work family. It needs to be something to help them grow. Something witty. Something that won’t break the bank. We believe that one of the best Christmas […]
Supporting great youth workers leads to quality outcomes for young people: Introducing UltimateEAP. In today’s fast-paced and constantly evolving youth and community work environment, employees often face numerous challenges and stressors that can impact their mental and emotional wellbeing. This can lead to a decrease in productivity, job satisfaction, and overall employee engagement which ultimately […]
We are Ultimate Youth Worker Youth work is a tough gig. Its probably why you have joined with over 2000 youth workers from all over the world who visit us every month. We truly care about you and your career. We know that you want to be the best youth worker you can be. We […]
In the AYAC National Youth Work Snapshot 2013 a survey of youth workers showed that 8.4% of surveyed youth workers had never had a supervision session and around 51.7% receive it less than once every three months. As an industry that claims professional status this is appalling. It is no wonder that the sector in Australia […]
Many of my clients over the years have been doomed by inaction. In many cases it has not been that they lack ability to continue education, stay out of jail, develop social relationships etc. It is that they lacked the self esteem to even try. They had heard for so long how useless they are […]
Leadership. For an extremely long time now people have understood the importance of having good leaders. This is emphasized by the amount leadership summits and courses that are regularly held around the globe. Furthermore, there are probably thousands (perhaps even more?) of books on some aspect of leadership published each year. Not even to mention […]
Over the years more people than I can count have told me that my personality and behavioural styles can irk others and cause trouble. For those who know me well it comes as no surprise that on the Myers Briggs I come out as an ESTJ. Put another way I am a high D and […]
Thoughts on professionalisation Over the last couple of days I have been re-listening to some of my favourite podcasts from c2ypodcast.  Two in particular grabbed my attention as the guests spoke about the failure of the professionalisation movement in light of youth work core principles. We have stated a number of times on this blog that the […]