Game of Wellness

We will focus both on the personal and professional development, how the concept of wellness can empower both the youth workers and the young people they are working with. We wish to support our participants to find ways to healthier, more joyful and sustainable lifestyle and approach to work. Why this course? We see youthwork as a demanding profession that requires a lot from their professionals. Youth workers, educators and trainers across countries and cultures start working with passion, dedicate their dreams and often their free time to their work. Unfortunately, many in their everyday reality face lack of resources, time, social recognition or meaning which too often results in burnt out youth workers that no longer enjoy their work. A burnt-out youth worker imbalances his work-life and as a result of a growing amount of associated stressors loses his initial energy, ideas, creativity, inspiration and patience that are so crucial in his work that addresses topics and issues that are important but difficult to repair or work on due to their complexity. (there is a need for self-care, work-life balance, sense of purpose in our work) Aiming to support balanced development of youth requires teaching a lot “in between the lines”, teaching by example, carrying the bigger picture on mind and distributing available time and energy where it is most needed. A burnt-out youth worker is disconnected and teaches bad example - his work is not engaging, it is not systematic and tends to become routine, tedious, unhealthy and costly which negatively affects the youth worker himself, his youth and his organization, but consequently also his community, the society and even the profession as such. (there is a need for creativity, inspiration, support and holistic and comprehensive framework for our work)