Speaking on behalf of the association at Young People Now's Joining Up conference in west London, Chester Morrison, Liverpool's principal education officer, said: "I am not sure about the future of youth services in their current form. The principles and concepts of youth work are being taken up by other agencies. Cultural change in the youth service is necessary."
Morrison said the use of the youth work approach by other children and young people's services meant that youth services would vanish or forge new roles, such as representing young people in children's trusts.
"Youth work will still exist, but we'll be looking more at services for children and young people than a youth service," he told YPN after the event.
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