The move is part of a plan put together by the organisation after it landed funding for three years from the Department of Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), the Department of Health and the Big Lottery Fund.
Youth Access has been given £600,000 for the first year, with a similar amount in the following two years to make sure its members can provide high-quality advice services.
Youth Access' three-year plan will focus on five areas: quality and standards; workforce and training; developing an evidence base; policy and communications; and signposting to young people's information, advice, counselling and support services.
Barbara Rayment, director of Youth Access, said the organisation was considering whether it would be possible to develop an NVQ in youth advice. "There's a gap in the market and we're looking at how we can fill it," she said. "We're looking at the wheres, the hows and what we need to be doing - it's something we want to seriously consider."
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