Lib Peck told CYP Now that practitioners feel “very abandoned as a profession”.
Public perception of youth work as “not really even thought of as a profession” means some youth workers are left in the same roles for years with very little opportunity for professional development, she added.
Peck’s comments come as the VRU, which aims to tackle violence among young people in the capital, has announced £1.1m of funding for the second round of the Rise Up youth practitioners' leadership programme, run by London Youth in partnership with Leap Confronting Conflict, Power the Fight and Clore Social Leadership.
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