The statement, which is also endorsed by David Hawker, chair of the Association of Directors of Education and Children's Services, describes the principles underlining youth work.
It identifies the crucial aspect of youth work as the relationship between youth workers and young people, based on voluntary engagement. It also highlights the role of youth services in advocating for young people.
Susie Roberts, the association's chief executive, said: "Councils will start to buy youth work in a way they've never bought it before. In some places the influence of the principal youth officer has not been at the right level for an awareness of youth work values to have been crucial to the thinking process."
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