Do you want to explore the role of youth work in helping young people navigate their online lives? Are you interested in protecting them from scams online? Are you looking for exciting and fun ideas and activities to develop your digital youth work? Do you want to explore the now and next of digital youth work? Sign up now!
If you are excited to explore these questions and more, then this day is for you! Come and join us for the annual YouthLink Scotland Digital Youth Work Conference. Our aim for you is to go away with new ideas, new resources, new knowledge and new connections that will help you deliver excellent digital youth work.
The event is delivered free by YouthLink Scotland and supported by Scottish Government. The primary audience is youth workers who use – or want to use – digital as part of their practice. Come along to learn, share and discuss. You don’t need to be an expert and everyone is welcome.
Our event takes place on Safer Internet Day, an annual international event to campaign for a safer and better internet for all, and especially for children and young people. This year, the day is all about scams:
Too good to be true? Protecting yourself and others from scams online.
Our one-day event takes place at The Barracks Conference Centre, Stirling, with easy access by public transport and plenty of nearby parking. The event will include:
We are delighted to have input from across a number of sectors, including a keynote from cyber security specialist, Jordan M Shroeder and contributions from Brian Baglow of the Scottish Games Network and Dr Andrew Reid who lectures on games production at Abertay University.
Digital Youth Work is all about supporting young people to navigate their online lives as well as about using digital tools in a youth work setting. Our event explores both, with prominent themes including:
Recording your Professional Learning
Participating in this training can be recorded as 6 hours of Professional Learning time, contributing to the 35 hours per year (pro rata) required for membership of the CLD Standards Council, another professional body, or your own learning and development plan.
When recording your professional learning you may want to reflect on your development from this event concerning the relevant CLD Competences and CLD Ethics.