The Wales Youth Agency and the State Council of Youth Affairs have begun a cordial relationship. They look forward to the exchange of professional experience, scholarship and research, in mutual respect for the special contributions which derive from one another’s history and culture, and believe that the benefits of their developing relationships will include the sharing of the understanding which has resulted from their links with other partners in the European Community.

This article was developed as part of the new BA level global youth work module at George Williams College.  This article is one of five developed for Unit Two of the course which explores the theme “Glocal” which aims to help learners explore how globalisation and global issues impact on our own local communities and the young people we work with. 

September 1998 - March 2000. A commentary and analysis based on the formative evaluation of the first eighteen months of the Youth Work and Schools Partnership Programme in Wales

The aim of this tool kit is not to give a comprehensive view of youth work - that can be obtained from other more relevant publications. What you will get is an honest perspective from youth workers in the field on the difficulties and successes of youth work in schools today. The toolkit is specific to youth work that happens in schools and is derived from the knowledge and skills of youth workers who have taken part in the Youth Work and Schools Partnership Programme in Wales. What is does aim to do is to deal with the practical issues of working in a formal education structure or along side it offering an alternative curriculum, based on youth work methods of delivery.

Welsh Government Planning Guidance and Regulations for Local Authorities and their Partners on Children and Young People‘s Plans. Welsh Assembly Government Circular No: 31/2007
Date of issue: September 2007

Guidance on Local Co-operation under the Children Act 2004. National Assembly for Wales Circular No: 35/2006
Date of Issue: August 2006

The Youth Work National Occupational Standards (NOS) aim to define the competencies required to carry out the functions carried out by the youth work workforce. The NOS are intended to describe the competencies required to fulfil the tasks required in the youth sector.

Contains main purpose of youth work, principles and values and functional map of standards, along with the whole suite of 41 standards.

Code of occupational ethics for the Youth Service in Wales. A code of ethics is a set of principles of conduct within an organisation that guide decision making and behaviour. The purpose of this code is to provide Youth Service workers with guidelines for making ethical choices in the conduct of their work.