Job Vacancy
25th March 2021
CWVYS are looking for a Marketing & Communications Officer to work on behalf of the entire youth work sector in Wales. We are looking for a creative and skilled person who will lead on delivering a step-change in support of the marketing and communications needs of the whole youth work services sector. Applicants are invited…
Welsh Government Youth Work Newsletter
25th March 2021
This week the Welsh Government published their Youth Work Newsletter, on the subject of Democratic Engagement. Here's the link to the latest edition. A number of CWVYS members contributed, and there are some lovely features in there from the statutory youth sector too. Thank you to everyone who sent in content to be featured. It…
CWVYS report on the impact of Coronavirus on the voluntary youth sector volume 2
26th February 2021
As a response to the Coronavirus crisis and the nationwide lockdown in March 2020 we surveyed our Members in May 2020 and released a report in June of that year, to assess and report on the impact of the pandemic on the voluntary youth work sector in Wales. That report was shared widely and together…
EWC National education workforce survey for WalesÂ
22nd February 2021
The Education Workforce Council (EWC) National education workforce survey for Wales is currently open. The survey will be closing on the 9th of April 2021. After completing the survey, EWC would be grateful for your support in promoting the survey so that other practitioners have an opportunity to have their say. Here is the link;…
miFuture and the importance of good participation
7th January 2021
"Encouraging and supporting young people to become partners in, and share responsibility for, the opportunities, learning processes and decision-making structures which affect their own and other people's lives and environments" is one of the Principles and Purposes of Youth Work in Wales. Here, CWVYS members miFuture share an insight into the process that lead to…
Eurodesk: a snapshot in 30 stories
10th December 2020
Eurodesk’s mission is to help young people experience the world. Engaging and inspiring young people - and those who work with them in the youth sector - is key to this. As you know, CWVYS have been partners of Eurodesk UK for a number of years, sharing and promoting positive stories from young people here…
CWVYS Hustings
10th December 2020
CWVYS will be hosting an online hustings event on Thursday 28 January 2021 between 6.00pm – 8.00pm. In advance of the Senedd elections in May 2021, CWVYS will be hosting an online hustings event for its Member organisations to put questions to representatives of political parties in Wales. Details of those representatives will be announced…
Welsh Government Youth Work Newsletter
7th December 2020
CWVYS are supporting the Welsh Government to collect articles and news for the Youth Work newsletter. We encourage you to send us your stories and articles for the next issue, which is due out in January, and the subject is Participation. Next year’s elections sees the participation of 16-17 year olds for the first time…
CWVYS Survey
7th December 2020
You may recall we conducted a survey earlier in the year on the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the voluntary youth sector in Wales. The report on its findings was widely circulated amongst our members, here's the link for some more info: https://www.cwvys.org.uk/cwvys-report-on-the-impact-of-covid-19/Â We are now conducting a follow-up survey to assess the ongoing…
Young Persons Committee
27th November 2020
The Interim Youth Work Board are setting up a Young Persons Committee, could you support them? To co-ordinate a young person’s committee to work to and feed back to the Interim Youth Work Board to specifically consider what a young person’s rights led approach to a new youth work model would look like going forward.…
UPDATES ON JNC YOUTH WORK QUALIFICATIONS
28th August 2020
Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) Youth Support Worker qualifications at Levels 2 & 3 and how they fit with JNC Professional Youth Worker qualifications in Wales The new suite of youth work qualifications at Level 2 and Level 3, first developed in 2015, have been updated and are available from 1 April 2020.As before, those at…