The proposals come from the Workforce Development Implementation Group, which was set up following a conference on "Ensuring a High Quality Workforce" at Warwick University in March 2002. This examined issues associated with raising demand for youth workers, improving the supply and providing a national framework for workforce development.
The report, which has been sent to Margaret Hodge, minister for children and young people, calls for the development of more pathways into youth work, particularly to enable people to obtain qualifications while in employment, and for clarity about the various qualification routes and the equivalences between them.
Among its recommendations are:
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