Leadership training for youth workforce managers

More than 5,000 frontline managers and nearly 500 service leaders will benefit from the training programme, which was first pledged in the government's 10-year youth strategy Aiming High for Young People.

The Children's Workforce Development Council announced this week that The National Youth Agency, Catch 22, the Association of Directors of Children's Services' Virtual Staff College and regional youth work units are among providers to deliver the training. They are part of a consortium led by FPM Training.

Doug Nicholls, Unite's national secretary of the Community and Youth Workers Industrial Sector, which is also supporting the initiative, said: "The prospect of ensuring youth leaders think about management strategies is a good one."

Kevin Ford, chief executive of FPM Training, said: "This is a once in a generation opportunity for leaders and managers across the whole of the youth workforce, in partnerships between the statutory and third sectors, to make integrated youth support services a reality."