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Youth workers get key worker status

2 mins read Coronavirus Youth Work
Youth organisations have praised a move to confirm youth workers as key workers during the third national lockdown.
Youth workers have been given critical worker status. Picture: Phil Adams
Youth workers have been given critical worker status. Picture: Phil Adams

“Youth workers currently holding or actively training for National Youth Agency (JNC)-recognised qualifications are classified as key/critical workers in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic,” a letter from the NYA and Department for Culture, Media and Sport states.

This means youth workers are now listed under the "key public services" and "local government" categories as either charity workers/volunteers or local authority staff/volunteers delivering key frontline services.

This will enable workers to travel to and from work and deliver services for vulnerable young people despite tightened restrictions due to a spike in coronavirus cases across the UK.

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