The JNC and its role in the youth and community work sector
The JNC
The Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) for Youth and Community Workers is the body that sets the national framework used to grade and pay youth work jobs.
The function of the JNC is to agree the salary scales, yearly pay increases and other terms and conditions of service. It is served by a range of employers and staff to ensure that all views within the youth and community field are represented and with whom negotiations are held to set pay and address employment issues. The JNC have a handbook (pink book) that details pay and terms and conditions and many employers, statutory and voluntary subscribe to the handbook. JNC - staff side
The second function of the JNC is to approve youth and community workers’ qualifications that have been professionally endorsed by the Education and Training Standards (ETS) Committee of the National Youth Agency (NYA).
The National Youth Agency also endorses youth support worker qualifications, and these are also recognised by the JNC. By selecting a course recognised by the JNC you ensure that the course is fit for purpose. Many employers, both voluntary and community and statutory run JNC recognsed awards.
Pay scales for youth and community workers
The JNC operates a single spine for all professional youth workers and youth support workers who are entitled to work at different points on this spine (with different levels of responsibility and salary) depending on the qualifications they hold.
Youth support workers with qulaifications at Levels 2 and 3 will normally work in posts with a starting salary of c£15,000. Professional youth worker posts command a starting salary of c£22,000, and for posts with more responsibility from £27,000 to £34,000. Salaries for local authority youth service managers vary widely according to the size of the authority and the responsibilities of the post, but are normally upward of £35,000.
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