The body has been given the provisional title of the Institute for Youth Work and would champion the role of a broad range of professionals and volunteers working with young people.
The proposal has been put forward by Catalyst, a consortium comprising the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS), the National Youth Agency (NYA), the Social Enterprise Coalition and the Young Foundation. Youth work training provider FPM is also supporting the concept.
The consortium was awarded £2.6m by the Department for Education (DfE) for the next two years in February as part of its voluntary and community grant scheme. While it is not clear how much is being spent on investigating setting up the institute, the money will come from this DfE grant.
A Catalyst spokesman said: "As part of Catalyst’s workforce development strand, there will be an opportunity to explore the possibilities for developing an Institute for Youth Work. This opportunity has been discussed in the sector for years and would be intended to provide a strong voice for the sector and those individuals within it. The establishment of an institute would develop a much-needed infrastructure at a time when other structures are rapidly changing or being dismantled."
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