Ireland

In Ireland, the Department of Children, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Youth supports national and local youth work organisations, services and programmes throughout the country.

The department and Tusla, the Child and Family Agency also work with a large number of funded organisations. Many of these organisations provide welfare and wellbeing services to children, young people and their families. Access to information services forms an integral part of the services to young people and the main cooperation partners in the field are Youth Work Ireland, SpunOut.ie, Crosscare and YMCA.

These organizations provide youth information in Youth information Centres which are located around Ireland. The centres provide free, confidential information for young people and for people who work with young people. They hold information on subjects like education, employment, careers, rights and entitlements, sport, leisure, travel and European opportunities for young people. The network of Youth Information Centres is funded by the Youth Affairs Unit.

In terms of occupational standards, youth information worker is not recognised as a

profession in Ireland but youth worker is. Youth information service provision follows the National Quality Standards Framework for youth work and youth information work specific competences are required in the recruitment process of youth information centres.