The changes will affect more than 24,000 full- and part-time youth workers and follow last week's acceptance by members of the Community and Youth Workers' Union (CYWU) of a recent employer pay offer.
More than 3,500 of the union's 5,000 members voted. Doug Nicholls, general secretary of the CYWU, said: "This deal should end the exploitation and overwork of youth workers. Ninety-seven per cent of members voted in favour of it and we're happy with the result."
The CYWU will now start negotiations with every local authority to implement the deal; a process that must end by April 2005. Under the deal, a new pay scale will be adopted, youth workers will receive a three per cent pay rise and job descriptions will be reworked.
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