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Youth workers need major pay rise to combat recruitment shortage

Wednesday 14th April 2010

By Mike Jones

Youth and community workers need a "substantial" pay rise to combat a shortage of 4000 professionals.

This demand is the key feature in the pay claim for 2010/2011 put forward by the joint unions representing 60,000 youth and community workers – Unite, Unison, UCU and NUT to local authority and voluntary sector employers.

Staff side secretary and Unite’s national secretary, community and youth workers, Doug Nicholls, described the claim as "the most important JNC pay submission for a generation".

The five-point claim includes:
* Substantial rise on all grades and allowances for the year 2010-2011;
* Joint comparative review of all London and area allowances to be completed by December 2010;
* Introduction of an "on call" allowance and a late night allowance, as of 1 September 2010;
* Joint working party to establish a joint job security agreement;
* Joint agreement to promote long-term funding arrangements for voluntary sector projects.

Nicholls said one of the main reasons that a substantial pay increase was needed was to attract new recruits to the profession, where there was an estimated shortage of 4000 youth and community workers.

In September 2010 youth work becomes a graduate entry profession, yet the minimum JNC starting salary for graduates is at least £3000 below the average graduate starting salary of £23,431 in 2007 (£27,500 in London).

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