Youth Worker Training

Our Youth Worker Training Courses provide young people (16+) and adults with a high-quality, accredited programme of training and work experience; all delivered using informal education and practical experiences.

Youth Work Practice Courses 2024

‘Youth work is a form of education that provides peer group activities and trusted relationships, supported by trained professionals and skilled volunteers, to improve young people’s well-being and personal and social development. Youth work needs to be (and be seen to be) transformational, harnessing skills of young people not fulfilled by formal education:

providing safe places to be creative
developing social networks and friendships

• with a trusted adult (aware of what is needed)’.

All Party Parliamentary Group on Youth Affairs (APPG): Final report from the inquiry into the role and sufficiency of Youth Work. Published by the National Youth Agency (NYA) 2019

Explore our training courses:

Level 1 Course

Level 2 Certificate

Level 3 Certificate

Course Details

Level 1 Course in Exploring Youth Work – a first opportunity to understand what youth work has to offer in terms of its overall delivery and in relation to future work in the sector. It is open to 16yrs+ who may be developing senior member work in their own centres, and adults – particularly those newly recruited as volunteers in youth organisations.

Level 2 Certificate in Youth Work Practice – a youth work qualification on the RQF. It is the minimum qualification required for those wishing to work as a JNC Qualified Assistant Youth Support Worker or Volunteer.

Level 3 Certificate is designed to develop and support the knowledge, understanding and skills necessary to fulfil the role of a Youth Support Worker/ Worker in Charge within a work or volunteering placement.

Level 3 Conversion – a course route for those who wish to convert their existing Level 2 Certification Qualification to a Level 3 Certificate. This is only open to those who have successfully completed the new Level 2 Qualification which started in April 2015.

Level 3 – a Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement – for those who already have a L3 Certificate in Youth Work, and now wish to seek work as a Youth Work Course Assessor.

All Learners must allow personal time to build a portfolio of work-based evidence which is submitted to assessors for review and assessment.

Venues

Our April 2024 courses work out of our main Training Centre:

The Harrow Club, 187 Freston Road, London W10 6TH

Other venues and dates may be added for September 2024.

Indicative Course Costs

Level 1 Certificate in Youth Work Practice: £500.00 per learner

Level 2 Certificate in Youth Work Practice: £1150.00 per learner

Level 3 Certificate in Youth Work Practice: £1350.00 per learner

Level 2 to Level 3 Conversion Course: £900.00 per learner ( a discount

will be offered to L2 Graduates of our Centre)

Level 3 Certificate in Vocational Assessment: £850.00 per learner

Important Dates

Applications should be returned as soon as possible. Interview sessions will be offered at the Harrow Club. Some interviews be conducted by Zoom.

Please download the relevant Course Information Booklets and the application form for the course you are applying for and submit them ASAP. Bursaries are available for some courses. Check the information booklets to see if this applies to your course and then follow the instructions for signing up to Partnerships for Young London.

If your application is accepted, you will receive an invitation to an interview in March. Courses due to commence in April.