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Careers in the Children and Youth Sector
4 July 2009
News, information and resources to help you start or develop your career
Youth work - Students hit back over axed course
The decision by a Liverpool university to cut its youth work course could have serious repercussions. Janaki Mahadevan reports.
Joint Working: Changes to the children's workforce
There were many new pledges announced in the 2020 Children and Young People's Workforce Strategy. Lauren Higgs reports.
Latest Careers & Workplace News
Uni plans to shut down youth work degree
The University of Chichester is proposing to close its Youth and Community Work degree course because of falling student numbers.
Government says child and family social workers can be hired from abroad
Child and family social workers can continue to be hired from abroad after the government accepted the findings of the Migration Advisory Committee's review.
Last chance to attend CYP Now Show for free
There is just one week to go before the 2009 Children & Young People Now Show, which includes a range of workshops on children's centres and extended schools.
MPs look into training of social workers
A group of MPs is to undertake an inquiry into the quality and supply of training for children and families' social workers.
Call for targeted EYFS training
The early years sector has called for more targeted training and support six months after a new curriculum for under-fives became law.
Shelley La Rose, youth offending team manager, Slough Borough Council
As team manager for Slough's Youth Offending Team (YOT), Shelley La Rose estimates that she spends 70 per cent of her time out of the...
Maggie Eyre, learning mentor, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
MAGGIE EYRE Employer : Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Age: 55 Time in job : Six years Salary: £20,000 As a learning mentor at Cale Green...
Michael Tichelar, children's services strategy manager, Bath and North East Somerset Council
Michael Tichelar is the local area partnership strategy manager for children's services at Bath and North East Somerset Council.
Katie O'Neill, children's unit manager, Renfrewshire Council
Katie O'Neill runs a children's unit housing eight young people - both boys and girls - aged 10 to 18, who have been abused, neglected...
Sam Adofo, youth work manager, Salmon Youth Centre
Sam Adofo is in his second stint at the Salmon Youth Centre, a project in Bermondsey in south-east London that has been running since 1907.
Barbara Brookes, children's centre manager, North Tees Primary Care Trust
When a Sure Start centre opened in Stockton in 2001, Barbara Brookes immediately applied and got a job as the local programme manager.
Peter Kirby, training manager and school programme development manager, Life Education.
Peter Kirby helps to provide a range of health and drug education programmes in schools.
Sam Evans, training and quality manager, Staffordshire Youth Service
Sam Evans originally wanted to work with horses but got into youth work after her dad volunteered her.
Jenny Comery, youth programme co-ordinator, Forward (The Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development)
Jenny Comery manages the youth programme at Forward, an organisation that works to raise awareness and campaigns against female genital mutilation.
Craig Whittaker, outreach worker, Young Addaction Liverpool
Craig Whittaker brings drug and alcohol awareness to young people.
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Peter Kirby, training manager and school programme development manager, Life Education.
Peter Kirby helps to provide a range of health and...
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