Consultation on the Institute for Youth Work

Catalyst, a consortium of four organisations coordinated by NCVYS working with the Department for Education (DfE) as the strategic partner for young people, will work to deliver three key objectives over a two year period.

It will seek to

• strengthen the youth sector market,
• equip the sector to work in partnership with Government
• and coordinate a skills development strategy for the youth sector’s workforce.

National Youth Agency is one of these partners and is leading on the workforce development strand that includes the possible development of an Institute for Youth Work (IYW). 

At this stage of the two year work plan, the main aim is to establish whether there is support for an IYW and if so, to gain a broad picture on the value, functions and services that this could provide, and for whom.

If positive, this will allow a business case to be presented which will then lead to phase two which will establish the detail of the structure & governance, membership levels, terms & fees, functions and services and business planning and sustainability of an IYW as an independent organisation.

For more details of the consultation process go to

http://www.nya.org.uk/exploring-an-institute-for-youth-work