This area has expanded so rapidly over the past few years that no-one really knows how many youth workers are based in schools - and it seems there is no consistent view of why they are there.
The National Youth Agency (NYA) is trying to assess this and appointed consultant Rob Hunter to take the lead. He says there has never really been a clear understanding of the role of school-based youth work. "Neither schools nor the youth service have managed to talk about a joint model of learning," says Hunter. "Schools don't think of youth workers much beyond their ability to make relationships with hard-to-reach young people and their networking with the local community."
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