Centre for the Study of Youth Work

07/07/2022

Ethics are the core of professional practice with young people. Codes of Ethics are powerful tools to help youth workers reflect on how to continually improve.
Never heard of the code of ethics?
Or, have you heard of them and want an opportunity to deepen your knowledge of them?
Or even, know them well but would like to go further in thinking critically about what ethical practice looks like?

Check out the training below from Youth Work WA!

10/06/2022

Youth Work matters, and here are just some reasons why 👇
What's an impact a Youth Worker has made on you?

25/05/2022

Today is National Sorry Day - a day for mourning the trauma and mistreatment towards the Stolen Generation. National Sorry Day reminds us to reflect on how this trauma carries on today, and how we can act together to bring about healing and restoration.

“Today, twenty-three years after the Bringing Them Home report and twelve years since the National Apology, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are still 10.6 times more likely than non-Indigenous children to be removed from their families. We cannot begin to fix the problems of the present without accepting the truth of our history..” (Reconciliation Australia, 2020)

Let us take time today to engage in deep listening, and contemplate how we might be part of healing and preventing this from happening again.

National Sorry Day is a day to acknowledge the strength of Stolen Generations survivors and reflect on how we can all assist in the healing process.

15/05/2022

So, you want to be a youth worker?

Youth Work is a meaningful and highly rewarding career.

Read more for info about what a youth worker is, what skills you might need to become a youth worker, and the journey to Youth Work.

Awesome! What is Youth Work? Before we discuss how you can become a youth worker, we need to discuss what actually is a youth worker. A lot of people work with young people (e.g., teacher…

12/05/2022

We are excited to announce that we will be beginning our very first Community of Practice for Youth Workers in Perth and in Adelaide! Youth work is a relational practice, which means that it is both a way of doing and a way of being. Communities of Practice assist us in reflecting on ourselves as Youth Workers and reflexively critiquing how we may develop for the benefit of youth.

Contact us for more information!

Adelaide: 08 8373 8777
Perth: 08 9359 4777

07/12/2021

Our Youth Work courses, which have a long history of impact in South Australia, are also now available at the Perth campus - located in Forrestfield.

Youth Work CoursesUndergraduateCertificate in Youth PracticeUndergraduate CertificateBachelor of Applied Social Science (Youth Work)Undergraduate CourseDiploma in Applied Social ScienceUndergraduate Course

02/11/2021

It's international Youth Work Week! Youth Workers make a huge difference in the lives of young people, and all of society.

How will you celebrate your youth workers?

Want to make an impact on young people? Have a read below about what youth work is all about. 👇

Do you have a passion for young people? Do you want to make a difference in the lives of young people? Do you want to see young people transformed? Do you have a passion to see young people empower…