One of the key functions of the National Youth Agency is to ensure that the right training is in place to meet the needs of the sector and to ensure that the training on offer is of a high quality. Everything we do is with the aim of promoting safe and effective youth work where it's needed. The realisation that the current qualifications framework isn't supporting that goal precipitated our decision, last year, to take a look at the current training pathway through a critical lens.
One of the key functions of the National Youth Agency is to ensure that the right training is in place to meet the needs of the sector and to ensure that the training on offer is of a high quality. Everything we do is with the aim of promoting safe and effective youth work where it's needed. The realisation that the current qualifications framework isn't supporting that goal precipitated our decision, last year, to take a look at the current training pathway through a critical lens.
There are a number of factors underpinning the need for change, informed by intensive scrutiny of the data we've collected about the sector, as well as external factors – most prominently, the election of a new government and an emerging recognition of the value of youth work embedded in cross-departmental agendas on education, opportunities, crime and health.
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