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<p>DCMS supports the youth work workforce through funding the National Youth Agency
to deliver its core functions: the maintenance of youth work qualifications, the development
of a youth worker and youth services registry, and improved safeguarding and risk
management across the sector. This funding ensures that youth workers will have access
to high-quality training and support. It also underpins the delivery of the National
Youth Guarantee, by helping to ensure that there is a sufficiently qualified and supported
workforce.</p><p>In addition, over the past three years we have funded the Agency
to provide bursaries to help more than 2,000 youth workers access training and qualifications.
In particular, the bursary programme supports people from lower socio-economic backgrounds
and under-represented groups. In the most recent round of bursary funding, Level 4
certificate places were included for the first time, which will help to enhance the
experience and training of existing youth workers and provide a clearer career and
development pathway, supporting retention in the sector.</p>
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