The announcement comes after the National Youth Agency agreed to fund the start-up process.
Maralyn Smith, national programme manager at the National Youth Agency (NYA) told CYP Now that there is a strong need for the institute.
“With the landscape changing, there is a real recognition that this is a really important time for youth work and the sector needs support,” she said.
“There are a whole range of different organisations that provide a voice for the sector, but nobody who specifically speaks for the youth worker on the ground in the range of different environments we are looking at.”
NYA backing to set up the institute will see Smith and some of her colleagues – the equivalent of two-and-a-half full-time posts – working on the launch.
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