Youth Work

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North Tipperary VEC has considerable areas of responsibility for Youth Work under the provisions of the Youth Work Act 2001. The role of the Youth Officer is to co-ordinate these functions on behalf of the VEC.

Youth Work Act 2001

The Youth Work Act 2001 provides a number of positive developments for youth work:

• It provides a legal framework for the provision of youth work programmes and services and gives statutory responsibility at national level to the Minister for Education and Science and at a local level to the VEC's, for the development of youth work and its co-operation with other services for young people
• It provides for the development and planning of youth work at a local level i.e. VEC level
• It provides for the establishment of a National Youth Work Advisory Committee and the appointment of a Youth Work Assessor

North Tipperary VEC

Under the Act, Vocational Education Committee's will, for the first time, have statutory responsibility for the development of youth work in their areas.

North Tipperary VEC must in time:

• Co-ordinate plans, proposals and activities re: youth work programmes/services and related activities
• Provide financial assistance to youth work organisations
• Prepare a Youth Work Development Plan
• Designate, review or withdrawal of designation(registration) of local youth work/service organisations
• Establish a Youth Work Committee to advise and make recommendations to the VEC on the performance of its youth work functions.
• Establish a Voluntary Youth Council to advise on matters relating to the Youth Work Development Plan and to act as a forum for voluntary youth organisations

For further information please contact:

Youth Officer:     This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Address:             North Tipperary VEC, Lifelong Learning Service, Martyrs' Rd., Nenagh, Co. Tipperary

Phone:                 067-31845

Fax:                       067-46026