Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:20 pm on 6 December 2016.
Well, on the first point, this is welcome because, as the Member will know, we’ve worked very hard to make sure that youth workers in particular—this obviously extends to work-based learning practitioners as well—but youth workers in particular gain the recognition that they so richly deserve, and registration does give them access of course to the continuous professional development and learning pathways arrangements. We’ve based it on qualification after extensive consultation about how to do it and who to capture. What we’d be expecting is for local authorities that employ somebody who doesn’t have the relevant qualification to assist them to get there. And that’s kind of the point really: to get that professionalisation driven into the workforce that we want so much. So, I would expect that to happen. It’s early days for it, but we do expect that to happen, absolutely. I’m not actually the Minister for youth work any more; my colleague Alun Davies is, and he will be ensuring that the proposals go ahead on that basis.
On the other basis, in terms of how we will get to anyone who—. I think what you’re asking is: how will we know that we’ve captured everybody who ought to be registered? And the answer to that is that if they’re not registered, they won’t be able to work in the sectors that are proscribed, so it will sort itself out. If there are any more details to that then I’m afraid, because I’m not the youth worker Minister any more, I’m not aware of them. So, if there’s anything additional to that, then I’ll get a written answer for you. I’m not aware of it at the moment, but if there is more detail than that, I’ll write to you.