National Occupational Standards define what each sector agrees to be good practice. The Standards can provide the basis for qualifications within the sector, but they also have many wider uses. This guide provides some examples and is designed to explain what the standards are and signpost further advice and information.

YOUTH WORK IN WALES BACKGROUND INFORMATION Youth work involves a broad range of activities, concerned with education in its widest sense. The most familiar form of youth service provision is the youth club or youth centre. Some youth services employ outreach workers, whose aim is to encourage young people to make use of youth provision.

In November 1978 a one-day conference was held in Llandrindod Wells to identify ways in which services to the youth affairs field in Wales could be developed including the contribution of existing services offered by National Youth Bureau. This led to this proposal and an application for funding to the Welsh Office for the establishment of a Welsh youth affairs unit.
 

Report by the Policy Unit of the National Assembly for Wales setting out their policy on services for young people. Considers the views of young people, lifelong learning context, information services, youth service and how all services should provide a network of support.