He said the move would “bolster the professional standing of youth work to give funders, young people and their parents the ability to know who is a qualified practitioner”.
The creation of a register has been a call from within the youth sector for several years.
Two years ago a report by the all-party parliamentary group on youth affairs highlighted the need for a register to “support both professional development and a probationary period”, similar to the newly qualified status in the teaching profession.
The National Youth Agency (NYA), alongside the Institute of Youth Work, the Regional Youth Work Units, the Local Government Association and UK Youth have long called for the creation of a register, and have established a steering group to oversee the development of a register.
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