Professional Development Training for Youth Workers

YIPA provides professional development training for youth workers so they can better support young people. Our professional development training for youth workers enhances their knowledge, skills, and confidence so they can become the best version of themselves.

High-quality professional development for youth workers is essential to developing the skill sets needed to build trusting relationships with young people. It helps support them as they learn who they are, what skills and interests they have, and how they can live empowered, purposeful lives.

Certificate in Youth Work

To advance the field, we offer a certificate in youth work that combines the art of developing yourself through self-reflection, with the science of fundamental competencies needed to effectively support young people. Our youth work certificate course is completely online, engaging, and interactive. You complete the course at your own pace. Obtaining a youth work certificate online helps you grow into a highly effective youth worker, while fulfilling your obligations to the young people to bring the best version of yourself to your work for their benefit.

Certifications for Working with Youth

YIPA provides certifications for working with youth to help you achieve your highest potential in your craft of supporting young people. Earning certifications for working with youth, including those growing up with toxic stress, trauma, and/or abuse, will help you to refine and improve your skills and improve outcomes for young people.

Working With Young People Training

YIPA provides working with young people training to help grow and empower youth workers who want to improve the well-being of the young people they support. This includes valuable working with at risk youth training for young people struggling with challenges such as homelessness and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), online safety, labor trafficking, substance abuse/addiction, and other at-risk behaviors.

Understanding these issues is crucial for effectively connecting with and supporting young people who have experienced or continue to experience toxic stress, trauma, and/or abuse.

Contact us to learn more about becoming a YIPA member, our experience and learning opportunities, and how we can help your team more effectively connect with and support the young people you serve.