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.

A Proposed Structure for the Wales Youth Work Partnership This paper is written for the Management Committee of the Partnership as a follow up to the paper entitled "Towards a Work Programme for the Wales Youth Work Partnership". It suggests a structure through which the Partnership may pursue its aim to provide an infrastructure for the coordination and development of youth work practice throughout the voluntary and statutory youth service in Wales. 

Paper which provides a community profile of a group of young people living in a small South Wales valley community, taking into account statistical information and the views, hopes and aspirations of the young people and key adults.

In August 1965 the government published a white paper "The child, the family and the young offender" in order to invite discussion of possible measures to support the family, forestall and reduce delinquency and revise the law and practice relating to young offenders in England and Wales.

This report sets out the reforms which the government proposed to introduce and were presented to Parliament in April 1968.

Charter of Entitlement for Young People Resource Pack produced. Building the Future - the Wales Youth Agency publication for the new Unitary Authorities recommends that each of the new authorities work with young people to develop services and formulate a charter of entitlement. Young people's existing right to services was strengthened by the Children Act 1992 which places a duty on local authorities to ensure that services are available to support the development of children and young people.

This guidance aims to provide details about how Learning Pathways 14-19 will work in practice to benefit young people, the economy and communities in Wales. It builds on the Action Plan 2003 and is part of a series which will continue to build on the experience and expertise of all concerned.

Howard Williamson, 1995