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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 038: Planning for your year ahead

Ultimate Youth Worker

This is an area that human services professionals are notoriously bad at (we don’t earn a lot and no one teaches us how to make what we get work for us in the long term). To stay up to date with all the training, webinars and shenanigans in the Ultimate youth worker community join our mailing list. First Name.

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Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care for Juvenile Offenders

Relias

family history information, sources of stress or trauma) Testing of cognitive and behavioral process, intelligence, and personality Gathering input from individuals who have seen how the juveniles behave, such as youth workers and other staff as well as family members, guardians, teachers, social workers, etc.