Joint Negotiating Committee
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The Joint Negotiating Committee for Youth and Community Workers (commonly known as the JNC) is a committee that endorses professional qualifications for Youth and Community workers and negotiates employment conditions for Youth and Community Workers.
Following pressure throughout the 1950s from the voluntary sector and the Community and Youth Workers' Union
, the government in 1961 as a part response to the Albemarle report, agreed to establish a national collective bargaining committee for youth and community workers. This was established to negotiate pay and conditions and to approve qualifications in youth and community work. The JNC delegates the responsibility for the validation of training courses for youth and community workers to the Education and Training Committees of England, Wales and Ireland. Once the training courses have been validated they are entered into the JNC Report and those successfully qualifying on those courses are entitled to JNC terms and conditions.
The JNC is made up of two sides and a total of 25 members. One side represents the employers another side represents Youth and Community workers (the staff side). The employers side consists of 9 members, 6 from local government, 2 from the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services, and 1 from the Council for Wales Voluntary Youth Services. The staff side consists of 16 members, eight from the Community and Youth Workers' Union
, 2 from the National Union of Teachers
, 2 from the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education
and 4 from Unison
.
The Employers' Side of the JNC has a Secretariat managed by the Local Gvernment Employers association. The Staff Side Secretariat of the JNC is managed by The Community, Youth Workers and Not for Profit section of Unite
. Allison Wheeler is the Employers' Side Secretary and Doug Nicholls is the Staff Side Secretary.
The JNC's scope extends over all Youth and Community workers employed by UK Government, and all voluntary sector
youth services that receive government grants. As such it has become the norm for new posts to require a qualification recognised by the JNC, even in the voluntary sector organisations which do not receive government funding.
The JNC provides grading criteria and terms and conditions for youth support workers and youth and community workers whether working full or part time. As of 2010 a degree in youth and community work has become the minimum entry level for workers on the Professional Range of JNC.
Following pressure throughout the 1950s from the voluntary sector and the Community and Youth Workers' Union
Community and Youth Workers' Union
The Community and Youth Workers Union was a British trade union created in 1938 by ten female voluntary sector workers. It is now a section of the Transport and General Workers' Union...
, the government in 1961 as a part response to the Albemarle report, agreed to establish a national collective bargaining committee for youth and community workers. This was established to negotiate pay and conditions and to approve qualifications in youth and community work. The JNC delegates the responsibility for the validation of training courses for youth and community workers to the Education and Training Committees of England, Wales and Ireland. Once the training courses have been validated they are entered into the JNC Report and those successfully qualifying on those courses are entitled to JNC terms and conditions.
The JNC is made up of two sides and a total of 25 members. One side represents the employers another side represents Youth and Community workers (the staff side). The employers side consists of 9 members, 6 from local government, 2 from the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services, and 1 from the Council for Wales Voluntary Youth Services. The staff side consists of 16 members, eight from the Community and Youth Workers' Union
Community and Youth Workers' Union
The Community and Youth Workers Union was a British trade union created in 1938 by ten female voluntary sector workers. It is now a section of the Transport and General Workers' Union...
, 2 from the National Union of Teachers
National Union of Teachers
The National Union of Teachers is a trade union for school teachers in England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. It is a member of the Trades Union Congress...
, 2 from the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education
National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education
The National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education was the British trade union and professional association for people working with those above statutory school age, and primarily concerned with providing education, training or research...
and 4 from Unison
Unison
In music, the word unison can be applied in more than one way. In general terms, it may refer to two notes sounding the same pitch, often but not always at the same time; or to the same musical voice being sounded by several voices or instruments together, either at the same pitch or at a distance...
.
The Employers' Side of the JNC has a Secretariat managed by the Local Gvernment Employers association. The Staff Side Secretariat of the JNC is managed by The Community, Youth Workers and Not for Profit section of Unite
Unite
- Labor unions :*Unite the Union, a British and Irish trade union, formed by the merger of Amicus and T&G*Unite Union, a trade union in New Zealand*Unite Union , a trade union in Australia...
. Allison Wheeler is the Employers' Side Secretary and Doug Nicholls is the Staff Side Secretary.
The JNC's scope extends over all Youth and Community workers employed by UK Government, and all voluntary sector
Voluntary sector
The voluntary sector or community sector is the sphere of social activity undertaken by organizations that are for non-profit and non-governmental. This sector is also called the third sector, in reference to the public sector and the private sector...
youth services that receive government grants. As such it has become the norm for new posts to require a qualification recognised by the JNC, even in the voluntary sector organisations which do not receive government funding.
The JNC provides grading criteria and terms and conditions for youth support workers and youth and community workers whether working full or part time. As of 2010 a degree in youth and community work has become the minimum entry level for workers on the Professional Range of JNC.