Youth work is listed officially as a sub-profession of social welfare. It is not yet a proud educational profession in its own right. It has great public confidence in it but not the security or esteem afforded to other comparable professions.
Anyone can call themselves a youth worker, and unlike, for example, teachers, social workers, or lorry drivers, there is absolutely no regulation.
The sages and politicians have nodded in agreement over the past 30 years when the Community and Youth Workers' Union has said that we need a low-cost package of inter-related policy adjustments to create a respected profession. But nothing has been done.
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