The percentage of training courses where all fieldwork supervisors hold qualifications recognised by the Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) for youth work has fallen by around ten percentage points, although the average percentage of JNC-qualified supervisors per course has risen again following a fall last year.
Social work and teaching qualifications are the main alternative qualifications held by fieldwork supervisors.
The report attributed the fall to an increasing number of placements in non-traditional youth work settings and said courses must "clarify expectationsof the role of superiors and the minimum that must be in place to ensure a worker has the knowledge and skills to support a student and facilitate their growth as a professional youth worker".
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