Five new Erasmus+ trainings on mental health, resilience and trauma-informed practice just opened, and at Youth Works Hub we've pulled them together because burnout and psychological strain are becoming one of the most pressing issues in the youth sector. Shrinking civil society space, financial instability and the emotional weight of supporting young people through crisis all add up, and these five courses give practitioners real, structured tools rather than generic self-care advice. Deadlines run from 08 to 12 September, so a couple of these close within days.
The range here is genuinely useful: a Spanish training built specifically to prevent burnout in human rights educators, an Italian course reframing conflict as a constructive part of youth work, a Romanian training on how dopamine and digital habits shape young people's behaviour, a Bulgarian training built around a new trauma-informed methodology for working with displaced youth, and a completely free online webinar series open to anyone worldwide. Whether you need a week away to reset or six evenings at your desk, one of these fits.
As with all mobility of youth workers, the four in-person courses cover accommodation, food and travel under Erasmus+ funding rules, while the webinar series is free and fully online. Before you apply to any of them, our 10 tips for a stronger Erasmus+ application is worth a quick read, since several of these have limited spots.
The four training courses are funded under Erasmus+ mobility rules: accommodation and food are covered by the hosting National Agency or organisation, and travel is reimbursed according to Erasmus+ distance-band rules, with participation fees varying by country and sometimes waived entirely. The Wellness Navigators webinar series is completely free, held online via Zoom with no participation fee at all.
In This Batch
- 🇮🇹 Italy · Training Course · 📅 08 Sep
- 🇪🇸 Spain · Training Course · 📅 10 Sep
- 🇷🇴 Romania · Training Course · 📅 10 Sep
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Training Course · 📅 12 Sep
- 🌍 Remote · Online Webinar Series · 📅 12 Sep
What's in this batch:
5 Erasmus+ Opportunities · Mental Health and Resilience
🎓 Erasmus+ Opportunities
1. 🇮🇹 Dealing with Conflict in Youth Work, Italy
📅 Deadline: 08 September 2026
Conflict shows up in almost every youth work setting, and this five-day training in Friuli Venezia Giulia helps youth workers and group leaders stop treating it as something to avoid. Running 2 to 6 November 2026, it's built for anyone who struggles with disagreements or tensions in their work and wants to handle them proactively rather than reactively.
🕊️ Reframe conflict as a natural, constructive part of youth work rather than something to fear
🗣️ Improve dialogue skills and learn to manage group dynamics in diverse settings
🪞 Practice self-reflection on your own attitudes and values toward conflict
🌱 Build tools to help young people sit with discomfort and grow through it
For 26 participants, open to Erasmus+ Programme countries and Partner Countries Neighbouring the EU, organised by the Italian National Agency, with the venue accessible to people with disabilities.
2. 🇪🇸 Mental Wellbeing and Resilience for Youth Workers, Spain
📅 Deadline: 10 September 2026
Human rights educators and youth workers across Europe are navigating an increasingly unpredictable field, and this seven-day training, "Unburnable," running 14 to 22 October 2026 in Coma-ruga on Spain's Tarragona coast, gives 25 participants a dedicated space to build practical, collective tools for emotional resilience rather than standard self-care advice.
🧘 A space to address the psychological weight of youth work and human rights education
🤝 Peer-shared, non-clinical tools for stress prevention and emotional resilience
🌱 Practices participants can bring back to their local youth groups and NGOs
Grounded in non-formal, peer-learning methodology rather than clinical therapy, the course is organised by AHEAD (Association of Human Rights Educators), a Barcelona-based, Erasmus+ accredited and ESC Quality Label-holding NGO, open to applicants from Erasmus+ Programme, Eastern Partnership and Western Balkan countries.
3. 🇷🇴 Decoding Dopamine: Healthier Digital Habits in Youth Work, Romania
📅 Deadline: 10 September 2026
D.C.O.D.E. runs 24 October to 2 November 2026 in Ighiu, Romania, and tackles a question most youth workers wrestle with daily: why is digital technology so hard for young people to put down, and what can actually be done about it. The training brings 25 youth workers from five countries into hands-on, non-formal exploration of dopamine, attention and digital habits.
🧠 Understand how dopamine, attention and digital environments shape young people's behaviour
🛠️ Gain practical non-formal education methods to promote healthier digital habits
🔄 Strengthen your ability to critically analyse digital tools with young people
🌍 Exchange good practices with youth workers from Romania, Spain, Portugal, Türkiye and Greece
There is no participation fee, accommodation, meals and coffee breaks are covered, and travel is reimbursed by distance band. A Youthpass certificate is included.
4. 🇧🇬 Trauma-Informed Youth Work with the HEAL-SET Methodology, Bulgaria
📅 Deadline: 12 September 2026
Youth workers are increasingly asked to support young people carrying trauma, migrants, refugees and other vulnerable groups, but few have a practical framework for doing it well. This training in Plovdiv, running 26 to 30 October 2026, introduces the HEAL-SET Methodology, a trauma-informed framework built around seven principles, then lets participants test it in supervised practice with a real target group.
🕊️ Hold Safety: create emotionally and physically safe learning environments
🌿 Engage Body & Senses: use grounding and body-based techniques
🤝 Link Peers & Caregivers: strengthen supportive relationships
🛠️ Skill Build: develop practical resilience competences with real supervised practice
Developed by the Portuguese National Agency with an international Steering Group and successfully piloted with young people affected by forced displacement, this training is open to youth workers from Erasmus+ Programme, Eastern Partnership and Western Balkan countries.
5. 🌍 Wellness Navigators: Supporting Youth Well-Being, Online Webinar Series
📅 Deadline: 12 September 2026
Youth workers are often the first people young people turn to when they're overwhelmed or struggling to name what they feel, but few have a shared, practical toolkit for those conversations. Wellness Navigators is six free online webinars, running from September 2026 to February 2027, exploring the Wellness Compass: Body, Mind, Emotions and Connection, through Nonviolent Communication, embodiment, mindfulness and creative methods.
🧭 Six one-hour sessions plus Q&A, covering emotional regulation, somatic approaches, resilience, relationship patterns, self-empathy and boundaries
✅ Practical tools you can adapt directly to youth work and non-formal education
💛 Recordings and additional project resources included with a single registration
Coordinated by Mudita Foundation (Poland) with partners Promesas (Spain) and Agrado (Italy), open internationally with a capacity of 100 participants, working language English, fully online via Zoom.
Taken together, these five courses map onto the different pressure points youth workers actually face: Italy and Spain both address the emotional cost of the work itself, one through conflict, one through burnout; Romania looks outward at how digital habits shape the young people youth workers support; Bulgaria offers a structured, trauma-informed methodology for the most vulnerable cases; and the Wellness Navigators webinars give anyone, anywhere, a free entry point into all of it without needing to travel at all.
At Youth Works Hub, we track training like this because mental health support for the people doing youth work is just as important as support for the young people they serve, and if you are new to how Erasmus+ mobility works more broadly, our guide on what a Youthpass certificate actually means is a useful next read. Check the eligibility and deadline on each course, since several have limited spots and country restrictions, and apply to the one that fits where you are right now.
