How I Got Here: Sharon Lovell, National Youth Advocacy Service
- Careers | Management | Leadership | Youth Work | Youth services
Sharon Lovell, National executive director (Wales), National...
Careers
In-depth
How I Got Here: Sharon Davies, chief executive, Young Enterprise
- Management | Leadership | Careers | Youth Work
I left home at an early age, and after several jobs...
Leadership: Inclusive recruitment
- Management | Leadership | Careers
Individuals from diverse backgrounds offer employers a...
Why we changed careers to work with children
- Careers | Early Years | Children's Services | Social Care | Fostering and adoption | Health | Health visiting | Management | Leadership
Many children’s and youth services are experiencing staffing...
Louis Boyd: How I Got Here
- Careers | Leadership | Youth Work | Youth volunteering
Statutory partnerships manager at Volunteering Matters Louis...
Ella Hallpike: How I Got Here
- Careers | Participation | Youth Work
Ella Hallpike, youth support co-ordinator at the Teenage...
Careers: Virtual head teacher
- Careers | Education | Social Care
Virtual heads promote the educational achievement of...
Career Profile: Jane Comeau, childminder and vice chair of NCMA
- Careers | Early Years
Jane Comeau has been a childminder since 1995.
Skills for the Job: Self-evaluation
- Careers
Being able to demonstrate that the service you provide...
Careers: Family court adviser
- Careers | Social Care | Family courts and Cafcass
A rise in care applications has led to greater demand for...
Skills for the Job: Safeguarding children online
- Careers | Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Youth Work
All professionals working with children and young people...
Careers: Youth offending team worker
- Careers | Youth Justice
The role of youth offending team workers is becoming...
Skills for the Job: Managing volunteers
- Careers | Youth Work
Effective management is vital to get the best out of...
Careers: Outdoor education worker
- Careers | Education | Outdoor Learning
Outdoor education workers need practical skills to back up...
Education welfare officer
- Careers | Education
Education welfare officers resolve issues that impede...
Skills for the Job: First aid training
- Careers | Courses and training | Health | Youth Work
First aid in youth work environments is crucial, as St John...
Careers: Youth participation worker
- Careers | Youth Work | Participation
Youth participation workers help young people make their...
Skills for the Job: Eating disorders
- Careers | Health | Youth Work
Eating disorders affect people from all backgrounds. The...
Skills for the Job: Volatile substance abuse
- Careers | Health | Drugs and alcohol | Youth Work
Volatile substance abuse can cause sudden death. Stephen...
Careers: Independent sexual violence advisers
- Careers | Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection
Victims of sexual abuse receive support from ISVAs to...
Skills for the Job: Literacy problems
- Careers | Education | Youth Work
The National Literacy Trust's Emily McCoy explains the steps...
Skills for the Job: Teenage pregnancy
- Careers | Health | Youth Work
Youth professionals have a key role to play in helping to...
Careers Interview: Annie New, extended schools co-ordinator for the Alban Way Consortium
- Careers | Education | Extra-curricular
Annie New works across five primary schools and two...
Skills for the Job: Resolving conflict
- Careers | Youth Work
Youth workers need to understand the ingredients of conflict...
My Placement: Vanessa Honeyghan, final year student, social work degree, University of Birmingham
- Careers | Courses and training | Social Care
I was placed in a primary school in a town near Birmingham...
Newly Qualified: The earliest of interventions
- Careers | Courses and training | Social Care
Winston Morson took a degree to further his career and is...
Careers Interview: Kim Hatley, family outreach worker, Wishing Well Children's Centre, Rochford, Essex
- Careers | Early Years
Kim Hatley has worked as a family outreach worker for two...
Skills for the Job: Exam stress
- Careers | Education | Youth Work
The school examinations period is under way. Andy Hillier...
Careers: Newly qualified - Never too late to retrain
- Careers | Social Care
Mum-of-four Tracy Lormor was almost 40 when she began her...
Newly Qualified: Flexibility of agency work
- Careers | Courses and training | Social Care
Kamara Palmer is an agency social worker in Leicestershire...
My Placement: Rachel Edwards, social worker, Stockport Council's family support team
- Careers | Courses and training | Families/Parenting | Social Care
I did my placement in Stockport's family support team...
Skills for the Job: How to get young people involved in campaigning
- Careers | Youth Work
Young people should play an active part in campaigns but...
Careers Interview: Cheryl Baddeley, manager of Oak tree Nursery, Ilfracombe, Devon
- Careers | Early Years | Nurseries
The Oak Tree Nursery is part of the My Start Children's...
Skills for the Job: Digital literacy
- Careers | Youth Work
Youth professionals need to embrace digital media and new...
Careers: Youth centre manager
- Careers | Management | Youth Work | Youth clubs
The Myplace youth facilities programme is creating new...
GSCC Update: Time management is crucial
- Careers | Courses and training | Social Care
The latest on registration and conduct from the General...
Skills for the Job: Writing funding applications
- Careers | Management | Youth Work
What steps should you take to ensure that your funding...
Interview: Andy Burnham, shadow education secretary
- Careers | Early Years | Education | Health | Social Care | Youth Justice | Youth Work | Interview
Andy Burnham is still in migration phase, getting to grips...
Interview: Baroness Beverley Hughes, Labour peer
- Careers | Early Years | Education | Health | Social Care | Youth Justice | Youth Work | Interview
Beverley Hughes, the former children's minister who was...
Newly Qualified: If I can do it, anybody can
- Careers | Social Care
Debbie Coppock is a social worker in the duty and assessment...
Professional development: short courses
- Careers
There is a vast array of short courses available to...
Youth justice: the route to qualification
- Careers | Youth Justice
Few sectors are as complicated as youth justice, so choosing...
Michael Tichelar, children's services strategy manager, Bath and North East Somerset Council
- Careers
Michael Tichelar is the local area partnership strategy...
A workforce ready for the challenge
- Careers
The government plans to invest heavily in the children's...
Careers Guide: Youth justice careers - Essential advice on jobs in youth justice
- Careers | Youth Justice
When it comes to a career in youth justice, passion and good...
Careers Guide: Early years careers - Essential advice on jobs in early years
- Careers | Early Years
The early years sector needs more male staff and management...
Shelley La Rose, youth offending team manager, Slough Borough Council
- Careers | Youth Justice
As team manager for Slough's Youth Offending Team (YOT),...
Good Practice
Karen Childs Smith: How I Got Here
- Careers | Children's Services
Karen Childs Smith, head of knowledge and information at...
Ask the Experts: Making a move to management
- Careers | Early Years | Early years education | Nurseries | Management | Leadership | Service configuration | Youth Work
Our expert panel offers advice on staff supervision, team...
Skills for the Job: Ensure a good work-life balance
- Careers | Health | Children's Services | Management | Leadership
As pressures in children's services continue to rise, there...
Skills for the Job: Tackling disability prejudice
- Careers | Disabled children and young people | Children's Services | Children's rights | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Children's professionals must recognise all forms of...
Skills for the Job: Getting young people to vote
- Careers | Education | Citizenship | Participation
Professionals should use the Scottish referendum as a...
Skills for the Job: Support children post-adoption
- Careers | Children's rights | Families/Parenting | Social Care | Family courts and Cafcass | Fostering and adoption
Ensuring the needs of adopted children and young people are...
Skills for the Job: Prepare young people for interviews
- Careers | Youth Work
In a tough jobs market, young people need support to improve...
Skills for the Job: Working with blind children
- Careers | Early Years | Play | Education | Health | Disabled children and young people | Children's Services | Social Care | Youth Work | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Understanding the impact of visual impairments can make a...
Skills for the Job: Helping young people with literacy
- Careers | Education | Extra-curricular | Children's Services
With England near the bottom of international literacy...
Skills for the job: Working with autistic children
- Careers | Early Years | Education | Health | Children's Services | Social Care | Youth Work | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Patience and consideration are qualities needed to work...
Skills for the Job: De-escalating a confrontation
- Careers | Education | Children's Services | Youth Justice | Youth Work
Having a range of communication skills can help children's...
Skills for the Job: Dealing with self-harm
- Careers | Health | Mental health | Youth Work
Being able to identify the warning signs that a young person...
Practice Placements: A chance to help vulnerable young people to develop
- Careers | Social Care
The Prince's Trust Working for Wellbeing scheme offers...
Research
Keeping Your Head: NfER Analysis of Head Teacher Retention
- Careers | Education | Leadership
An increasing number of teachers are leaving the profession...
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