About the Professional Development Series

Youth Worker Professional Development is a series of short courses designed to provide training in areas of specialist skills for youth workers and others who operate in youth development.

There are four short courses planned for the series, these will be developed and rolled out over 2008-09. Each course ranges from 25 to 35 credits in size. Each course is individually certificated as a stand alone qualification, and will also credit directly into the new undergraduate degree in Youth Development (currently being developed by the Social Services Industry Training Organisation).

The Youth Worker Professional Development series is offered with the support of the National Youth Workers Network Aotearoa.

The Series:

1. Introduction to youth work -currently being developed
2. Learning and assessment in community context -more info
3. Youth development practice -connecting with young people in crisis (includes RAP). -currently being developed
4. Group facilitation skills (creating environments for learning and development) -currently being developed