Top Five Tips for Youth Workers

Those who work with young people aged 11-17 years-old are called Youth Workers. The work of a youth worker is multi-tiered and is involves managing several roles. For those just starting out in youth work, often, it becomes tricky with successfully managing those roles and providing appropriate services, supports and opportunities for the youth they serve.

Below, find links to SOYA articles on the top five tips for youth workers to be successful in the field:

Be An Adult
http://soyaonline.blogspot.com/2006/07/say-it-loud-im-adult-and-im-proud.html

Blurring Professional Boundaries
http://soyaonline.blogspot.com/2006/06/blurring-professional-boundaries-in.html

Help Youth Help Themselves
http://soyaonline.blogspot.com/2006/06/youth-as-facilitators-making-it-norm.html

Positive Peer Pressure
http://soyaonline.blogspot.com/2007/12/positive-peer-pressure.html

Nip the Drama in the Bud

http://youthdevelopment.suite101.com/article.cfm/nipping_the_drama_in_the_bud