Middlequarter Limited was commissioned by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs in late 2016 to undertake a review of the National Quality Standards Framework for youth work, with an emphasis on extracting insights and learning to inform the Framework’s further strategic development.

The requirements of the brief were to:
a) Determine the impact of the NQSF implementation on youth work organisations to date;
b) Identify the components of the NQSF which have worked effectively and those that have been less effective;
c) Identify areas for improvement / development of the NQSF, where appropriate;
d) Illustrate how the NQSF could, if appropriate, be developed to comprehend (i) Other youth provision funded by DCYA (ii) Other related youth provision, where appropriate, funded by Government departments.