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This paper undertakes a select survey of international literature to identify the points of convergence that support common understanding-and debate-amongst youth workers , researchers and policy makers in regards to definitional commonalities in professional youth work. We find that non-formal education, framed by human rights, appears to offer de...
This article argues that the right of young people to participate in decisions being made about them forms the basis for professional youth work practice. The authors consider the nature of ‘participation’ and its relation to human rights, and introduces the concept of ‘adultism’ and the challenges for youth workers combatting ‘adultist’ beliefs an...
This critical dialogue on ‘youth participation’ is a timely contribution to the body of knowledge. It succeeds in illuminating an underpinning rationale while also delivering practical advice on the practice of involving young people in decision making. Dr Tim Corney, as moderator, provides a series of provocative questions to an international pane...
This book innovatively explores the policy, practice and pedagogy of community engagement in higher education settings.It contributes to the evaluation of adaptive practice and responses in addressing inequalities further exposed by the pandemic, and the role of higher education institutions within this. By exploring such themes, contributors highl...
This paper presents a qualitative study of 22 youth workers’ perceptions of their roles and practices in seven school-based settings in a large post-industrial city in regional Australia. Youth workers are often engaged in school-based settings working with vulnerable young people, yet knowledge of how workers perceive and conceptualize their role...
Youth work is not unitary, has a diverse history, and draws upon differing traditions; however, the focus of all major youth work traditions has been anthropocentric. This approach is now challenged by young people themselves through the climate justice movement, and institutionally through the United Nations Agenda 2030 resolution, which has devel...
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The international education sector is important not only to Australian society, but also to the national economy. There are growing concerns about the potential wellbeing challenges facing international students in their host country, owing to acculturative stress; including loneliness, isolation and experiences of racism. Risks include...
This paper traces an expanded ethical perspective for youth and community work (YCW) practice in response to the climate and biodiversity crises. Discussing ecological ethics, we problematise the liberal humanist emphasis on utilitarianism and reject it as inappropriate for YCW in these times. Instead, we argue for an ecocentric practice ethic whic...
Ethical youth work is ‘good' youth work but how do youth work practitioners collectively determine what is ‘good'? This article presents findings from four-country surveys of youth workers' attitudes and understandings of what constitutes ‘good', that is to say ‘ethical’ practice. The article presents the principles that youth workers say underpin...
The literature on youth work emphasises the importance of 'relationship' to good practice. Moreover, the characteristics of the youth-work relationship have been posited as a defining feature of youth work in the British-influenced tradition. Despite this, little attention is paid to the choice of language used to describe how professional youth wo...
Historically, disaster response management for children and young people, people from linguistically diverse cultural backgrounds and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have been shaped by a vulnerability and risk discourse, informed by trauma-informed and risk mitigation strategies. These are vital, but the vulnerability discourse has m...
Background: In Australia, harmful drinking among students aged 18–24 years in tertiary education residential accommodation (TRA) remains high, placing students at higher risk of harms than non-TRA and university peers. Aim: The aim of this study was to identify the context-specific factors distinctive to TRAs that supported a heavy drinking culture...
Aim: The study sought to develop an understanding of Australian first-year university residential college students’ alcohol consumption, their experience of alcohol-related harms and their alcohol knowledge. Method: Students were surveyed during Orientation Week in 2015 ( N = 84, men 36%) and again in 2017 ( N = 97, men = 45%) using the Alcohol Use...
Belonging is connected to young people’s wellbeing, and understanding how youth workers perceive belonging can assist youth work practice. Belonging in youth work is promoted through fictive kinship, in the context of Christian faith-based youth work practice, it is also connected to how young people construct belief. This research was conducted as...
Australian youth policy has its origins in the late 19th-century. The Victorian governments child protection and education policy, and the early 20th-century Commonwealth defence policy, was enacted with the passing of the landmark Victorian state legislation of the Neglected and Criminal Children’s Act 1864 (NCCA), the 1872 Education Act and the 1...
Energy drinks are popular, yet little is known of their effects when consumed either on their own, or in combination with alcohol, particularly in a workplace context. Given the lack of Australian data, self-report consumption of energy drinks with and without alcohol by construction industry apprentices was investigated via a purpose-designed surv...
This study sought to understand the prevalence of harmful alcohol use in a sample of Australian male construction industry apprentices and also examine alcohol-related violence. Although previous Australian research indicated that 45% of construction industry apprentices had Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test scores indicative of harmful dri...
The authors of this paper describe a program that focuses on delivering key health care messages and providing a safety net for young workers in the building and construction industry, particularly those who live in rural and regional areas. Both components have been developed using narrative educational approaches within a youth work practice mode...
In Australia, blue-collar workers are predominantly male and form a unique and large (approximately 30%) subset of the Australian workforce. They exhibit particular health-related issues and, in comparison to other groups, often a lack of health promoting behavior. This article briefly discusses the Australian context and some of the key health iss...
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The aim of the paper is to locate the role of social and emotional support during the school‐to‐work transitions of apprentices, within the Australian vocational education and training context.
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The research reported here is based on an independent evaluation of an apprentice suicide prevention and support progra...
Prevalence rates and reasons for substance use were studied in a sample of 172 male construction industry apprentices who had a mean age of 20 years. Results were compared with those of men in similar age groups in Victoria, and regional and age differences were explored. Findings indicate that more metropolitan apprentices had experimented with ca...
A sample of 146 male construction industry apprentices (predominantly young men) in Australia self-reported on their significant relationships, as well as the key attributes of these relationships. The findings indicated that the young men shared events, disclosed confidences and looked for help and support from family, romantic partners and close...
A study of 106 male apprentices working in the building and construction industry examined the occurrence of mentoring relationships. The results indicate that apprentices identify a range of mentors in their lives, predominantly in their personal lives, and that the majority of these relationships develop organically. In particular, apprentices va...
In order to successfully implement health and wellbeing programs, it is important to understand the help-seeking attitudes and behaviour of the end-users. Traditionally, men are more reluctant than women to seek help for physical and psychological problems. Young apprentices are potentially a vulnerable group as they experience a number of stressor...
The study examined the determinants of financial problems and dissatisfaction and the degree to which experiencing financial problems and dissatisfaction influenced attitudes towards financial counseling in a sample of 400 young male Australian workers. Financial management practices and money attitudes significantly predicted financial problems. F...
The collective identity of youth workers and their capacity to industrially organise is being eroded by deskilling, via the introduction of 'semi skilled specialisation' in TAFE training. There are also implications for the quality of service delivery, particularly for those young people most at risk. Recent attempts at professionalising the youth...
In the youth and community sector the debate about the place of emancipatory practice frameworks such as 'empowerment' and 'participation' to both youth work and community work is ongoing, as is the debate about the relationship of 'youth work' to the practice of 'community development'. However, recent research exploring the values, ideology and p...
In two studies of young Australian, workers, participants generally displayed positive attitudes towards financial management practices, however, a substantial proportion failed to display positive financial management practices, experienced financial problems and dissatisfaction, and reported low rates of seeking financial assistance, particularly...
Youth work is a distinct professional discipline that has clear parameters to its practice base. These parameters form the reference points for professional youth workers and are enshrined in the Victorian Youth Sector Code of Ethical Practice (Corney and Hoiles 2007). The parameters for youth work are underpinned by an understanding of the social,...
The research presented in this paper is a study of the values underpinning the curriculum and teaching of current Australian degree-level youth work courses, The paper looks at the implications that values raise for the introduction of competency-based training in the youth and community services sector. The paper raises some of the potential risks...
