Your role of as a youth worker will be diverse. There will be many challenging and rewarding career opportunities for you. The Bachelor of Youth Work and Youth Studies explores complex social issues affecting at-risk youth, such as homelessness, radicalization, poverty and mental health. It encourages critical debate and investigation of youth in relation to space, digital landscapes, culture, religion, family and the law.

This degree aims to examine and foster the environments in which all young people can thrive and feel confident, connected and safe.

The Health Care and Social Assistance is the largest employing industry in Australia, with job growth set to continue over the next five years. Many social assistance services for young people are delivered by skilled youth workers, whose expertise are in high demand. 

Youth workers are employed in areas such as:

• local government
• health services
• youth refuges and housing programs
• alcohol and other drug agencies
• major welfare services
• youth justice settings
• school support programs
• educational institutions