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4 July 2009
Action promised to tackle LSC staff vacancies
Lord Young, junior minister at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, has admitted that action must be taken to address high staff vacancy levels at the Learning and Skills...
Youth leadership scheme launches £1m third sector fund
A consortium of youth organisations has launched a £1m fund to boost youth leadership opportunities as it unveiled details of leadership body The Youth of Today.
Government urged to engage with social work crisis
The head of the UK's biggest professional body of social workers is calling on the government to urgently engage with frontline child protection social workers to gain a picture of...
NCB chief appointed chair of CWDC
National Children's Bureau (NCB) chief executive Paul Ennals has been appointed chair of the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC).
Green children's centre turns brown
Islington council is blaming poor design for the failure of gardens in a children's centre that won design awards when it was first built in 2005.
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Health - Let's teach them sex can be fun
A new booklet encourages professionals to discuss sexual pleasure with young people. Ruth Smith asks whether it's a step too far.
Social care - Do care homes remain a last resort?
An expert has suggested that councils may be capping their care places for cost reasons. Janaki Mahadevan investigates.
Joint working - The many approaches to local safeguarding boards
The first stock take of local safeguarding children boards reveals huge variations in the way they are structured. Lauren Higgs investigates.
Early years - Childcare in the face of recession
Councils are taking steps to ensure childcare settings survive in the current economic climate. Ross Watson reports.
Youth work resources
CYP Now has brought together virtual youth work activity resource packs under different topics, such as sexual health and alcohol. Each pack contains activities from the pages of CYP Now...
Youth custody
As numbers of young people in custody rise, so too do concerns about their safety. Campaigners focus on the prevalence of self-harm and suicide in the youth secure estate, overcrowding...
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Police are turning child witnesses away from pre-trial therapy despite government guidance to the contrary, a report published tomorrow (3...
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