The vast majority of the youth sector appears to support the creation of an Institute for Youth Work, giving a boost to what has long been a contentious concept.
But one year into the two-year government-funded exercise, the sector appears split on precisely what an institute’s function should be and exactly who it should represent.
A National Youth Agency consultation, carried out on behalf of the government-appointed Catalyst consortium, found that 92 per cent of respondents believed the development of an institute for the sector would be a "positive thing".
But responses on what exactly it should do were less unanimous, with 40 per cent stating that provision of a "licence to practise" should be a function, and 49 per cent interested in the possibility of it holding a register of youth workers.
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