Austerity has transformed youth services in recent years, narrowing traditional career pathways and leaving youth workers to look for new ways to support young people.
Figures released by Unison last year revealed that over the previous six years, council youth services had shed 3,652 jobs and £387m from their budgets.
In London alone, local authorities cut staffing levels by 39 per cent between 2011/12 and 2016/17, according to an investigation by the Green Party earlier this year.
It is little wonder that National Youth Agency (NYA) figures show just 8.8 per cent of youth work degree graduates went on to work for council youth services in 2014/15, down from 17.5 per cent the previous year.
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