Early findings from a study of integrated youth services by the Community and Youth Workers' Union (CYWU), show a slight increase in the number of youth workers on council payrolls since 2007.
The study, carried out by the Labour Research Department, also showed no local authorities had plans to cut the number of directly-employed youth workers, although the number of part-time workers has declined.
The study discovered almost nine out of 10 local authorities apply national Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) pay and conditions for youth workers and had no plans to change this. The JNC for youth and community workers sets the national framework used to grade and pay youth work jobs. CYWU said this confirms the professional role for youth work in education and learning, supporting the personal and social development of young people.
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