Course Description


Module Five reviews key policies and procedures of the Youth Outreach Worker Program. This module includes a lecture on the issue of safety at work for YOWs with guidelines on how you can protect yourself by promoting safe practices and an introduction to practice evaluation and how you can assess if your work is positively contributing to youth wellbeing.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome

    • Module Five: Welcome Video
  • 2

    Lesson 14: YOW Policies and Expectations

    • LECTURE 14A: YOW Program Policies and Procedures

    • Downloadable Presentation: Lecture 14A

    • Quiz:14A

    • Reporting Child Abuse And Neglect: It's Your Duty

    • The Youth Criminal Justice Act: Summary And Background

    • LECTURE 14B - WORK SAFETY

    • Downloadable Presentation: Lecture 14B

    • Quiz: 14B

    • Youth Workers Crisis Response Guide

    • Reflect and Share: Discussion Board
  • 3

    Lecture 15b: Overview of the Outreach Record Database

    • Lecture 15b: OR Database – Using the Outreach Record

    • Youth Participant Record

    • Identification

    • Social Information

    • Personal Information

    • Scenario (Bria)

    • Recording Youth Interaction

    • Recording Protective and Risk Factors within the Youth Interaction Record

    • Recording the Stages of Change within the Youth Interaction Record
  • 4

    Lesson 15c: YOW Record Keeping

    • Lecture 15C - What's Working? Evaluating Your Work with Youth

    • Lecture 15C - Downloadable Presentation

    • Quiz: 15C

    • 10 Things to Know About Evaluation

    • Session Rating Scale (V3)

    • The Readiness Ruler

    • Goal Attainment Scaling

    • Scale to Assess Therapeutic Relationships in Community Mental Health Care (STAR)

    • Youth Counselling Impact Scale

    • YOW Session Rating Scale

    • Counselling Skills Evaluaiton Form

    • Reflect and Share: Discussion Board

Youth REX

Connecting Shared Knowledge to Youth Work!

Questions? Please post your questions on the discussion boards or email us at [email protected].