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PART 5AMENDMENTS TO THE 2014 ACT

Amendments to the 2014 Act

8.—(1) Schedule 2 to the 2014 Act is amended as set out in paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In Table 1 in paragraph 1 insert at the end of the Table—

Youth worker

A person who provides (or wishes to provide) youth development services and who—

(a)

possesses at least one of the qualifications specified as youth worker qualifications in an order made under paragraph 2, or

(b)

otherwise meets such alternative requirements as are specified in an order under that paragraph.

Youth support worker

A person who provides (or wishes to provide) youth development services and who–

(c)

possesses at least one of the qualifications specified as youth support worker qualifications in an order made under paragraph 2, or

(d)

otherwise meets such alternative requirements as are specified in an order under that paragraph.

Work based learning practitionerA person who provides (or wishes to provide) work based learning practitioner services.

(3) For paragraph 3 substitute—

3.  In this Schedule—

“school” (“ysgol”) means—

(a)

a school maintained by a local authority in Wales;

(b)

a special school in Wales not so maintained;

“work based learning” (“dysgu seiliedig ar waith”) means education or training provided—

(a)

for persons aged 16 or above (regardless of whether it is also provided for persons under 16), and

(b)

to develop knowledge and skills relevant to a particular trade, occupation or employer;

“work based learning practitioner services” (“gwasanaethau ymarferydd dysgu seiliedig ar waith”) are—

(a)

the co-ordination and delivery of work based learning;

(b)

the assessment of the knowledge and skills of a person receiving (or about to receive) work based learning;

“youth development services” (“gwasanaethau datblygu ieuenctid”) are services—

(a)

provided mainly to persons who are aged no younger than 11 and no older than 25, and

(b)

which promote—

(i)

the development of the skills or knowledge of such persons, or

(ii)

the intellectual, emotional or social development of such persons.