The consultation, which was run by the National Youth Agency as part of its programme of work with the NCVYS-led Catalyst consortium during the summer, received 653 responses through the online survey, focus groups and a newly created LinkedIn discussion forum.
Of the 220 participants of the online survey, 61 per cent stated they would like to join and a further 31 per cent said they hadn’t yet decided.
Findings were presented to the National Youth Agency’s education training standards committee at the end of October. The committee agreed there is sufficient interest to take the project to the next level of development and investigate the establishment of a body to support youth workers to develop the highest possible standards in their work and increase the recognition of youth work as a valued profession.
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