...... as a Youth Worker this cuts to the bone.
Not
just for the workers but for the thousands of teens missing outside the
home ‘adult role models’ and
‘Informal #Educators’ now not on the streets building helping relationships ..........
.......
Young people's futures are being put at risk because of cuts in youth
services, including hundreds of job losses, a new report warns.
Unison said almost 900 #youth #worker jobs had been axed since 20l6 and more than £l3m sliced from youth services across the #UK. At least #l6o youth centres had closed in the past few years, leaving the service at "breaking point", said the union.
Unison said almost 900 #youth #worker jobs had been axed since 20l6 and more than £l3m sliced from youth services across the #UK. At least #l6o youth centres had closed in the past few years, leaving the service at "breaking point", said the union.
Unison said
a freedom ofinformation request to local authorities and research among
youth workers suggested some 760 youth centres had been closed since
2012.
Three out of four youth workers said they did not feel secure in
their job and almost as many were putting in more than their contracted
hours, said Unison ......
.......... #YouAreBeautiful
