Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast

The Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast is a weekly podcast that gives you the ins and outs of youth work theory and practice to help you become more passionate, principled and professional. Hosted by veteran youth work practitioner and academic Aaron Garth you will hear practice wisdom and the latest theory.

Podcast 043 Thinking Critically in Youth Work Part 2 02/08/2022

Podcast 043 Thinking Critically in Youth Work Part 2 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. Taking our conversation up to the next level we speak about the need for supervision to help youth workers become more critically reflective. We talk about why we need this for the benefit of the profession and for the young people we support. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/22008443

Podcast 042: Thinking Critically About Youth Work: Part 1 02/01/2022

Podcast 042: Thinking Critically About Youth Work: Part 1 In todays episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast, “Thinking Critically About Youth Work: Part One”, Aaron speaks with Dr. Brian Belton about the need for youth workers to be critically reflective about who we are as professionals. Over the years we have had some really great deep web chats with Brian, but this is the first face-to-face!! I mean he lives in the UK and Aaron is here in Australia! Critically thinking about youth work is something that both Brian and Aaron are very passionate about and we hope these two podcast sessions help you to re-think what you thought you knew about youth work. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/21980708

Podcast 041 Listen to Engage 01/12/2022

Podcast 041 Listen to Engage In todays episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast, “Listen to Engage”, Aaron speaks to us about the need for youth workers to listen respectfully to their young people. On of the keys to developing respectful engagement with our young people is the skill of listening to gain understanding of how they view their experiences. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/21751100

Podcast 040: Supervision 02/11/2021

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 most of our members do not receive a minimum of monthly professional supervision.. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/17907443

Podcast 039 Why research must inform your practice 02/04/2021

Podcast 039 Why research must inform your practice 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. We look at the need for professionals to have a theory base in their industry which informs the way they practice. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/17814698

Podcast 038 Planning your year ahead 01/16/2021

Podcast 038 Planning 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. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/17570456

Podcast 037: 2021 Resolutions 01/07/2021

Podcast 037: 2021 Resolutions In todays podcast "2021 Resolutions" Aaron muses on the future of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast and all the other goodies that the team are putting together over the next year. We are so excited to see what this year has to unfold. After last year and the huge trial that 2020 was for so many people we believe that 2021 is going to be an awesome year in the youth sector and we hope specifically for the Ultimate Youth Worker tribe that this will be a year of strengthening for you. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/17453309

Podcast 036 Child Rights 09/17/2020

Podcast 036 Child Rights 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. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/15989093

Podcast 035: National Principles for Child Safe organisations 09/03/2020

Podcast 035: National Principles for Child Safe organisations In this episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast ‘National Principles for Child Safe Organisations’ Aaron gives us an overview of the ten principles and where they came from. As youth workers our sector has always championed the rights of the child however there hasn't been a standard that we all were required to meet. The National Principles are a guiding document for all of us in how we are to work with children and young people in Australia. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/15867449

Podcast 034: Raise the age 08/16/2020

Podcast 034: Raise the age In this episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast ‘Raise the age’ Aaron speaks with Jessica Sanders from Jesuit Social Services 'Worth a Second Chance' project about how we can understand the legal issue of the age of criminal responsibility and how we might support the campaign to raise it from 10 years of age. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/15632276

Podcast 033: Cultural Intelligence Part 2 08/06/2020

Podcast 033: Cultural Intelligence Part 2 In this episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast ‘Cultural Intelligence PART 2’ Aaron continues to speak with Gregg Morris from Mahana Culture about how we can begin to gain some Cultural Intelligence. As youth workers we have a developing Intelligence or IQ eg. theory that informs our youth work practice. We have good Emotional Intelligence which lets us understand our young peoples feelings and how to respond to them appropriately. Yet we do not spend enough time thinking about Cultural Intelligen /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/15397328

Podcast 032: Cultural Intelligence Part 1 07/30/2020

Podcast 032: Cultural Intelligence Part 1 In this episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast ‘Cultural Intelligence PART 1’ Aaron speaks with Gregg Morris from Mahana Culture about how we can begin to gain some Cultural Intelligence. We have good Emotional Intelligence which lets us understand our young peoples feelings and how to respond to them appropriately. Yet we do not spend enough time thinking about Cultural Intelligence. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/15397160

Podcast 031: Self Care 201 07/24/2020

Podcast 031: Self Care 201 In this episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast ‘Self Care 201’ Aaron chats with us about how we can take our self care journey to the next level. We have run self care training using our balanced life framework for eight years and in almost every session some says something along the lines of this is too basic and we want something more. Here it is... /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/15340838

Podcast 030: Self Care in Youth Work 07/09/2020

Podcast 030: Self Care in Youth Work In this episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast ‘Self Care in Youth Work’ Aaron chats with Ex-student panel about self care in youth work. How do youth work practitioners leave work at work? Do relationships, boundaries and practices change when we engage in self care? What supports do youth workers need to be effective at self care? What happens when things go pear shaped? /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/15140825

Podcast 029 Debriefing after an Incident 06/30/2020

Podcast 029 Debriefing after an Incident In this episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast ‘Online Youth Work’ Aaron chats with us about how to conduct a critical incident debrief. We look at two models and unpack how individuals and teams can best use the debriefing process to look after themselves and reflect on the best ways forward. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/15023054

Podcast 028 Online Youth Work 05/28/2020

Podcast 028 Online Youth Work In this episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast ‘Online Youth Work’ Aaron chats with Wolfgang Vachon from the C2YPodcast about youth work in the virtual realm. How do youth work practitioners work in the virtual realm? Do relationships, boundaries and practices change when interacting with young people online? What supports are available for youth workers online? What does an intervention look like when you have only met the young person virtually? /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/14599286

Podcast 027: I want to quit 05/20/2020

Podcast 027: I want to quit In this episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast ‘I want to quit’ Aaron speaks to us about how to resign from a youth work position well. Regularly at Ultimate Youth Worker we speak with people who are ready to move on from the position they are in. All of these people get a conversation about how to resign well and now we will give you that information too. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/14496707

Podcast 026: Getting your first youth work job 05/13/2020

Podcast 026: Getting your first youth work job In this episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast ‘Getting your first youth work job’ Aaron speaks with the Ex-student panel about how we can get that first youth work job. Every week we get questions at Ultimate Youth Worker about how people can transition from student to youth work employee. So we figured we would ask a bunch of former students who now have a few years in the field to give us their view. What ensues is a mad free-for-all on the ways we all entered the sector. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/14399864

Podcast 025: Stress is good 05/08/2020

Podcast 025: Stress is good In todays episode Aaron speak about the growing research into stress and how we have been taught to think about it all wrong. We have been told for many decades that stress is bad for us. That we need to run away from stressful situations because stress causes significant physical health concerns. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/14331959

Podcast 024: Positive T-Shirts 09/18/2019

Podcast 024: Positive T-Shirts In todays episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast Aaron speaks with Neil Milton about his journey to founding Positive T-Shirts. We discuss why Neil decided to support the cause of suicide prevention and how you can get a great bit of merchandise to aid the cause. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/11300291

Podcast 023: Supporting Someone who is Suicidal 09/10/2019

Podcast 023: Supporting Someone who is Suicidal In this episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast ‘Supporting Someone who is Suicidal’ Aaron speaks with us about how we as youth workers can support young people who are suicidal. Aaron speak about the current rates of suicide of young people in Australia and then walks us through the suicide action plan. Asking direct questions, assessing the urgency, keeping young people safe, creating safety plans and getting professional help. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/11191850

Podcast 022: Is your workplace ChildSafe? 05/15/2019

Podcast 022: Is your workplace ChildSafe? In this episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast ‘Is your workplace ChildSafe?’ Aaron speaks with Neil Milton about how we as youth workers can support young people by being ChildSafe. Neil Milton is the General Manager of ChildSafe. Neil has worked as a youth worker in schools, churches and Not for Profits across Australia. He has also worked for World Vision and has his own street clothing business helping prevent youth suicide. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/9789434

Podcast 021 Non-Suicidal Self Injury (Part 2) 03/13/2019

Podcast 021 Non-Suicidal Self Injury (Part 2) In this episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast ‘Non-Suicidal Self Injury Part Two’ Aaron continues to speaks with Dr. Claire Kelly about how we as youth workers can support young people experiencing Non-Suicidal Self Injury. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/8987759

Podcast 020 03/05/2019

Podcast 020 In this episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast ‘Non-Suicidal Self Injury Part One’ Aaron speaks with Dr. Claire Kelly about her work at Mental Health First Aid Australia and in particular her work in the space of Non-Suicidal Self Injury. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/8883281

Podcast 019 Mental State Exam 01/22/2019

Podcast 019 Mental State Exam In todays episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast Aaron and Jessy look at the Mental State Exam and how it can help youth workers in recognising mental health issues in their young people and how it can aid in making referrals. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/8087747

Podcast 018: Reflecting in the moment 01/15/2019

Podcast 018: Reflecting in the moment In todays episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast Aaron helps us to think about how we do critical reflection in the moment. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/8087462

Podcast #017 Practising Critical Reflection 12/31/2018

Podcast #017 Practising Critical Reflection In this episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast ‘Practising Critical Reflection’ Aaron speaks with us about the importance of critical reflection and the model put forward by Jan Fook and Fiona Gardner. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/8086562

Podcast 016 Who is our community engagement coordinator 10/27/2018

Podcast 016 Who is our community engagement coordinator In todays podcast Aaron spends time with the Ultimate Youth Worker teams newest hire. Jessy Hall is the Community Engagement Coordinator within the Ultimate Youth Worker community. He is our go to guy for all things community engagement, writing blog posts, joining us on the podcast and popping in to our events. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/7335575

Podcast 015: Faith and identity 07/04/2018

Podcast 015: Faith and identity In this episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast ‘Faith and identity’ Aaron speaks with Dr. Julie Morsillo about her work focussing on youth identity development and what impact faith has on this. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/6774837

Podcast 014: Youth Work Ethics 07/04/2018

Podcast 014: Youth Work Ethics In this episode of the Ultimate Youth Worker Podcast 'Youth Work Ethics' Aaron speaks with Professor Howard Sercombe about his over two decade looking at and developing Youth Work Ethics documents. /episode/index/show/ultimateyouthworkerpodcast/id/6774816

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