About the Practice Standards
The Youth Work Practice Standards outlines the minimum requirements for the delivery of youth work. It is your guide to suitable levels of governance, planning and evaluation and highlights the requirements in place which affect providers and young people. It illustrates best practice and everything a provider needs to know to deliver youth work legally, safely and effectively. It is a go-to guide to support youth work delivery across all levels of organisation.
The Practice Standards include a description of what constitutes youth work and its purpose. It also covers where youth work takes place and guidance for recruiting staff, professional pay and parity, and workforce ratios.
It also describes how organisations can include young people in decision making, embedding active youth participation in their youth work activities.
Youth Work Practice Standards
This document illustrates best practice and everything a provider needs to know to deliver youth work legally, safely and effectively.
Alongside the Practice Standards, the Youth Club in a Box is a toolkit containing all the processes, resources, frameworks to help you set up and deliver youth work services.
Youth Club in a Box
This document contains all the processes, resources and frameworks you could need to help you to set up and deliver youth services.