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Uniting Church Children Social Exclusion Index

This is an evidence based report outlining the level of social exclusion children and young people face. It is a multidimension index which does not only use poverty (tho we know that poverty does intersect across the board, educaiotn, social and recreation participation etc) it looks at a range of dimensions. The facts such as one in six children live in poverty even higher in Tas. Children and young people in regional areas and Tas experience the highest level of social exclusion. You can find the report

https://unitingcare.org.au/submission/child-social-exclusion-report-index/

This resource will be of interest to all our training partners but also for conversations with groups of young people you may be working with that are interested in global events.  All the big issues poverty, climate, fair trade etc.  All in this accessible engaging set of modules.  Here is a note from one of the creators

The module, Global Youth Work is part of our work in the NYCI led Youth2030 Consortium - it's interactive, free, open source and brilliant!

It's been 18 months or so in the making so we are delighted to release it into the world. As ever, it's been a real privilege to work with the Youth2030 team in NYCI.

It would be great if you could distribute to your networks as appropriate. All the best for a lovely weekend, Hilary

https://www.youth.ie/training/global-youth-work-new-online-learning-module/

https://www.youthworkandyou.org/

Poverty is the key intersection in every young persons life.  It impacts on their education, social participation, resource for success, food and housing insecurity and more. So every aspect of their lives. If we couple this with one of my earlier posts punishment for profit that outlines the depth and breadth of mutual obligation breaches imposed by job providers which compounds poverty for children and young people. ACOSS estimate that 1.2 million children and young people live in poverty and a contributing factor is the number of parents caught in this degrading and discriminatory system.  Poverty in Australia 2023 gives you some hard evidence to utilise and you can find it here

From our Youth Work Colleagues in Ireland comes a new resource to evidence the value of youth work.  It is a full kit of training and evaluation tools ready to go.  You can check it out here

It is built for youth organisations that want to evidence their impact with young people.  I am sure you will find it useful.

Cheers Robyn

Julian Hill led a parliamentary committee that reviewed the employment services.  What a breath of fresh air  where  he acknowledges that the system has let vulnerable job seekers down.  It is a system that doesn't work for vulnerable people and acknowledges there are many that face barriers to work that is never acknowledged.  He admitted government needed to have skin in the game.  Per Capita had Julian speak at the monthly John Cain lunch.  Most importantly he said only public servants should have the power to breach a person of their income.  A system that ACOSS says is a major contributor to the 1.2 million children and young people  who live in poverty.  You can listen to it 

https://percapita.org.au/blog/2024/02/27/employment-services-inquiry-findings-and-implications-for-public-services-with-julian-hill/

You may also like to read the GetUp report punishment for profit that refers to how the broken employment system is punishing vulnerable people.  You can find it here

https://punishmentforprofit.org/

There is an exciting opportunity for youth workers to contribute to research, please see below for more information:

Hello, I’m John Sutcliffe from Edith Cowan University and I’m conducting research into youth workers with long-term careers for my PhD. I am looking to interview around 10 graduate youth workers and 10 non-graduate youth workers with 20+ years’ experience in youth work from Victoria. The purpose of the research is to see how their experiences can contribute to theory on career choice, development, and sustainability. Focussing on youth work to inform career theory has never been done like this, so this is really exciting!

If you are a youth worker in Victoria with 20+ years’ experience in the youth work field and you would like to be involved in this research, please email for more information at: j.sutcliffe@ecu.edu.au

 

Dear YWA member,

We are participating along with international youth work associations in researching the professionalisation of youth work, supported by the European Union Erasmus+ Youth in Action programme. We encourage you as a YWA member to take part in the online survey.

Please click on link to survey: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/D4CABE6066CA7F11

 

This survey is designed for Youth Workers currently working (either in paid or voluntary capacity) with young people in either Australia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland or Serbia. If you identify as a Youth Worker (regardless of your official title). The survey takes 15-20 minutes to complete. You do not have to disclose your name, contact details or any other identifiable information. Taking part of the survey is voluntary.

Many Thanks,

YWA

The YWA has published this paper under our relevant industry category. We have not endorsed the paper but we are releasing it to our membership because we believe it makes a contribution to current discussions. The YWA does disclaim any liability in connection to the use of this information.

This paper is about the lived and learnt experience and its contribution to professional youth work practice. We hope you find the article of interest.

Living, Learning and Building Professional Youth Work Practice by Emeritus Professor Robyn Broadbent

This report led by Lankelly Chase, an English charity that has a focus on young people in the criminal justice system provides us with more evidence on the connection between poverty, multi-layered disadvantage and trauma in repeat offenders. Unless we work harder at understanding offending behaviour and intervening in the causes there are young people who will have an inevitable life trajectory of incarceration. Surely as a society, we can do better than condemning young people before their life has had an opportunity to flourish.

Find the full report here.

Dear YWA Members,

Emeritus Professor Robyn Broadbent is standing for the AYAC Board as an endorsed representative of Youth Workers Australia. We would like to have the voice of youth workers on the board.

If you or your organisation is a member of AYAC we invite you to vote for Robyn in the National Youth Organisation category. Voting is open now.

To join AYAC please follow this link.

Notice of AYAC Annual General Meeting 2021 and Special Resolution

The Board of the Australian Youth Affairs Coalition (AYAC) is hosting the AYAC Annual General Meeting online on Tuesday 30 November 2021 at 6–7:30PM AEDT.

Register

The AYAC AGM is scheduled for 30 November 2021 at 6–7:30PM AEDT. The meeting will be hosted online and you can register to attend at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkcuiprD8jGtRzz2fqQQHsoBNJosPvBcwJ

Register and get involved!