Publications
YACSA Best Practice Products
These professionally-developed Best Practice products have been produced to provide the South Australian non-government youth sector with a range of resources to assist in managing and delivering youth services. To order these products go to this page or download the fillable YACSA Publications Order Form ( 92Kb). This form is fillable in Acrobat Reader for email ordering to yacsa@yacsa.com.au, or may be printed out for faxing back to YACSA on 8221 6653. There is a normal Publications Order Form ( 48Kb) available to fill in and fax back to YACSA. The free publications referred to below are available upon joining, or in the case of the Law, Youth Work and Young People Handbook, when it is updated.
Ethical Youth Work: A DIY Guide for Developing Your Ethical Base
This resource is designed to be equally relevant to all workers with young people in South Australia - local government, state government and non-government youth workers and anyone who spends any of their time working with young people. This resource will value add to your existing knowledge about ethics and help you to identify the impact of your personal values on young people and empower you to develop a clear ethical base for your youth work practice.
Members - $20.00; Non-Members - $30.00
The Law, Youth Work and Young People - A Handbook for Youth Workers in South Australia
Currently this book is unavailable as it is being revised.
This handbook provides a basic overview of the law in the areas most likely to arise for those who work with young people. It is divided into two sections; the first details the law and legal issues for those who work with young people and the second deals with the law as it pertains directly to young people themselves.
Members - $22.00; Non-Members - $35.00
New Youth Worker Handbook - Starting out in youth work: a guide for new youth workers
The Youth Worker Handbook was developed to support new workers and provide valuable tips when beginning to work in this challenging environment. If you are beginning your career as a youth worker, or a student who is studying in relevant fields then this is for you. The handbook includes information about roles and responsibilities of workers, orientation to the sector, occupational health and safety, the juvenile justice system, time management, boundaries and much more. Please Note: The handbook is meant to act as a guide, it’s not a comprehensive resource.
Individual members - 1 free; Organisation members - 2 free; Members (extra copies) - $12.50; Non-Members - $25.00
A Guide To Developing Policies and Procedures for South Australian Youth Services
This publication provides a colour-coded framework for services or organisations who want to develop user-friendly policy and procedure manuals.
Members - $15.00; Non-Members - $28.00
YACSA Network Handbook
Youth worker networks are an integral part of YACSA’s operations and are the primary way YACSA communicates with the youth sector, gaining an understanding of the issues and activities as well as gathering input into YACSA’s policy and program advocacy and sector support activities. This handbook provides information about the workings of networks.
Network Members - 1 free; Members - $12.50; Non-Members - $25.00
On-line Products
Beyond the Revolving Door ( 196Kb)
Beyond the Revolving Door was produced by YACSA in association with the YACSA Health Policy and Advocacy Group in 2001, and is the result of consultation with service providers and consumers exploring the service needs of homeless young people with mental health issues. A hard copy of the report is also available from the YACSA Secretariat.
Cross Cultural Links - World Conference Against Racism ( 100Kb)
This report presents the outcomes of the Cross-Cultural Links' Youth Forum against Racism, held in Adelaide in April 2001, the purpose of which was to channel young people's perspectives on racism into the United Nations' World Conference against Racism held in Durban in September 2001, as well as to help demystify the UN for consultation participants. A hard copy of the report is also available from the YACSA Secretariat.
YACSA Policy Platform
Download YACSA's Policy Platform ( 580Kb). The Policy platform is also available as sections on the Policy Platform page.