About this Event
Reflective Practise and Evaluation is an in-person professional training event for locally trusted organisations and youth workers in training.
Learn alongside local youth work experts
Working with the Essex Youth Service, whose team have completed two of our previous training events, Active Essex Foundation and EYS are partnering for the third time. The EYS brings local expertise in youth work and a focus on reflective practise. Participants from your organisations will train alongside youth workers in training, learn the same skills and may be able to undertake a little extra work towards a qualification.
Reflect, monitor and evaluate
Explore how to assess whether an intervention is working, gather the best feedback from young people about your work, and use that feedback to improve it. The training also covers monitoring and evaluation, including the same evaluation tools used by the EYS, to help you understand how to tell whether your work is making a difference.
Connect and share practice
More than training, this is an opportunity to discuss working with young people, make links and network, and find out what is available locally. Locally trusted organisations can also take part in official youth service training.
Working with young people presents opportunities to make a meaningful difference, but it also brings challenges, complexities, and moments that require thoughtful decision-making. Taking time to reflect on experiences, interactions, and outcomes is a vital part of effective youth work practice.
Pause, Reflect, Grow: Strengthening Your Work with Young People Through Reflective Practice is an interactive and engaging training course designed for practitioners who want to strengthen their professional practice through purposeful reflection. Participants will explore reflective practice models, develop practical reflection skills, and identify ways to use reflection to improve outcomes for young people while supporting their own continuing professional development.
What You Will Learn
Participants will explore:
✅ The principles and purpose of reflective practice in youth work
✅ How reflection contributes to effective decision-making and improved outcomes for young people
✅ Practical reflective tools and models that can be applied in day-to-day practice
✅ Techniques for undertaking meaningful self-directed reflection
✅ Using reflection to identify strengths, challenges, and areas for development
✅ Applying reflective practice to support colleagues and strengthen team learning
✅ Planning and maintaining continuous professional development that enhances youth work practice
Who Should Attend?
This course is ideal for volunteers and professionals working with young people in youth work settings:
- Youth Workers
- Youth Support Workers
- Targeted Youth Advisers
- Employability and Skills Advisers
- Work Experience Coordinators
- Coaches and Mentors
- Team Leaders and Managers
It will be particularly useful for anyone working on the reflective Practice unit in the Level 3 youth Work Qualification or the L3 Apprenticeship.
Course Outcomes
By the end of the training, participants will be able to:
- Understand the principles of reflective practice in youth work
- Undertake self-directed reflection on their own practice and professional development
- Apply reflective approaches to improve their work with young people
- Use reflection to support the development of colleagues and teams
- Identify and plan meaningful continuous professional development opportunities
- Create a personal action plan to develop reflective practice within their role
Course Style
This highly interactive course combines:
- Practical reflection exercises
- Individual and group activities
- Discussion and shared learning
- Reflective models and tools
- Personal action planning
Participants will leave with practical techniques, resources, and increased confidence to embed reflective practice into their everyday work with young people.
Why Attend?
Reflective practice is an essential aspect of high-quality youth work. It enables practitioners to learn from experience, strengthen professional judgement, recognise good practice, and continually improve the support they provide to young people.
By developing effective reflective skills, practitioners can enhance their self-awareness, identify opportunities for growth, and ensure their practice remains responsive, informed, and impactful.
Book your place today and invest in the skills, knowledge, and confidence to pause, reflect, and grow as a youth work practitioner.
Event venue & nearby stays
Galleywood Youth Centre, Watchouse Road, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
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