Speaking at a Labour conference breakfast meeting co-hosted by CYP Now, Morris said the infrastructure and current qualifications framework are not up to scratch when compared with the education framework.
"Infrastructure is a mess," said Morris, who is president of the National Children's Bureau. "It has been fiddled about with so much. When working with schools, we knew what the structure was and how many kids go through it and had a huge trained workforce. None of these are true for this sector."
Morris warned that getting the infrastructure right was only a preliminary step in ensuring the youth offer was high quality. She said the 10-year youth strategy was "a really good opportunity" but raised concerns that it may not be as effective as hoped if change wasn't handled sensitively. She added that when implementing the strategy it was important to remember youth work is not a new concept.
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