The aim of this tool kit is not to give a comprehensive view of youth work - that can be obtained from other more relevant publications. What you will get is an honest perspective from youth workers in the field on the difficulties and successes of youth work in schools today. The toolkit is specific to youth work that happens in schools and is derived from the knowledge and skills of youth workers who have taken part in the Youth Work and Schools Partnership Programme in Wales. What is does aim to do is to deal with the practical issues of working in a formal education structure or along side it offering an alternative curriculum, based on youth work methods of delivery.

Welsh Government Planning Guidance and Regulations for Local Authorities and their Partners on Children and Young People‘s Plans. Welsh Assembly Government Circular No: 31/2007
Date of issue: September 2007

Guidance on Local Co-operation under the Children Act 2004. National Assembly for Wales Circular No: 35/2006
Date of Issue: August 2006

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.

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.