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A Practice Framework for Ultimate Youth Workers

Ultimate Youth Worker

A Practice Framework for Ultimate Youth Workers In the field of youth work, where the challenges are as diverse as the young people themselves, the difference between good youth workers and Ultimate Youth Workers is abundantly clear. What makes an Ultimate Youth Worker?

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Podcast 036: Child Rights

Ultimate Youth Worker

In this episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast ‘Child Rights’ Aaron and Jessy give us some insight into the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child and how youth workers can use the articles within it to sharpen their practice. Youth work has long fought for the rights of young people.

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Work with the Young Person as the Focus

Ultimate Youth Worker

I was recently looking at the Certificate IV in Youth Work training package and wondering the age old question of what makes how youth workers engage with young people different. The sad fact of the matter is that most youth workers cannot agree on the core tenets of youth work as a profession.

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Podcast 039 Why research must inform your practice

Ultimate Youth Worker

In todays episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast “Why research must inform your practice” Aaron speaks to us about the need to use evidence based practice in our youth work. All too often youth workers get tarnished with the reputation of the slackers in the wider human services sector.

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Podcast 043: Thinking Critically About Youth Work – Part 2

Ultimate Youth Worker

In todays episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast, “Thinking Critically About Youth Work: Part Two”, Aaron continues to speak with Dr. Brian Belton about the need for youth workers to be critically reflective about who we are as professionals. SHOW NOTES. SOME QUOTES FORM THE EPISODE.