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Steep fall in apprenticeships take-up by young people

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

| CYP Now

Government reforms designed to boost take-up of its apprenticeships programme have been met with sharp falls among young new starters, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).

Labour calls for 'radical overhaul' in apprenticeships

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Tuesday, January 15, 2019

| CYP Now

The government's skills policy needs a "radical overhaul", the shadow international trade minister has suggested.

Call for overhaul of 'perverse' apprenticeships funding system

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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

| CYP Now

Training providers are calling for an overhaul of the government's apprenticeship programme to prevent young people being frozen out of placements.

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Amid constant reforms and challenges, Charlotte Goddard identifies entry-level requirements and ongoing professional development for key roles across the children and young people's workforce.

Government unveils teacher mental health training plans

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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

| CYP Now

Every secondary school in England is to have a mental health "first aid champion" to identify and respond to the early signs of mental illness in children, under plans announced today.

University axes youth work course due to slump in job prospects

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Friday, March 31, 2017

| CYP Now

A university has axed its professional youth work course, blaming a dramatic reduction in job opportunities in the sector in recent years.

Social work accreditation plans 'risk destabilising workforce'

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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

| CYP Now

Plans to introduce a new accreditation system for children's social workers in phases risk destabilising the workforce and do not provide value for money, children's services leaders have warned.

NCS to take on careers role

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Thursday, March 2, 2017

| CYP Now

The government's National Citizen Service (NCS) initiative has been handed a role to improve young people's employability, as part of the government's digital strategy, it has been announced.

Sports charity gets £1.2m to help young people into work

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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

| CYP Now

A charity that uses sport to help unemployed young people find work, education and training opportunities has been handed £1.2m to help expand its reach this year.

Youth projects to share £17m seized from criminals

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Thursday, November 17, 2016

| CYP Now

Youth projects in Scotland are to share £17m that has been seized from criminals to support disadvantaged young people, it has been announced.

DfE considers u-turn on early years apprentice requirements

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Saturday, November 5, 2016

| CYP Now

The government has launched a consultation on whether to scrap controversial qualification requirements for childcare apprentices that have been blamed for causing a recruitment crisis in the sector.

NCAS conference: Greening announces £11m for innovation projects

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Friday, November 4, 2016

| CYP Now

A total of £11m will be handed to the three most successful projects to emerge from the Department for Education's Children's Social Care Innovation programme to allow them to expand, Education Secretary Justine Greening has said.

Charity receives £2.8m EU funding to support Neets

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Thursday, October 6, 2016

| CYP Now

An environmental charity has been awarded £2.8m in European funding to work with young people who are not in education, employment or training (Neet).

MPs to scrutinise Brexit impact on EU youth programme

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Friday, September 30, 2016

| CYP Now

A group of MPs is to investigate the impact that Brexit will have on opportunities for young people and youth work professionals to train and study abroad.

Government launches specialist CSE response unit

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

| CYP Now

A service providing specialist advice and support to children's professionals tackling child sexual exploitation (CSE) incidents is to be launched by the government later this month.

Youth charity launches engineering jobs initiative

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Thursday, June 16, 2016

| CYP Now

An initiative designed to encourage more young people to consider a career in engineering has been launched by a national youth and a maritime charity.

Concerns raised over health visitor training figures

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Friday, June 3, 2016

| CYP Now

Public health funding cuts have led to a slowdown in the number of trainee health visitors, the Unite union has warned.

Chief social worker branded 'spokesperson' for government

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Friday, January 22, 2016

| CYP Now

England's chief children's social worker has defended her role after it was criticised by social work academics for being a "spokesperson" for government policy.

Military personnel to get youth work training through charity partnership

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Thursday, December 17, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 100 wounded, sick or injured military personnel are to be helped into a youth work career over the next three years thanks to a £500,000 grant from Help for Heroes to The Prince's Trust.

Ofsted criticises quality of apprenticeships

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Thursday, October 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Government attempts to create more apprenticeships has resulted in their quality being diluted, Ofsted has claimed.

Early years sector welcomes U-turn on childcare qualifications

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Monday, August 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Early years organisations have welcomed a late U-turn by the government to water down entry qualifications for childcare training courses.

College of Social Work closure shocks children's leaders

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Friday, June 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's social work leaders have been left stunned and saddened by news that The College of Social Work (TCSW) is to close.

Barnardo's: 'Prioritise disadvantaged young people for training'

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Monday, June 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Barnardo's is calling on the government to prioritise disadvantaged young people for training and job programmes.

Cuts 'risk the future' of thousands of young people, councils warn

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Friday, June 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Fewer than one in 10 councils have sufficient powers and funding to meet their legal duties to support young people who are not in employment, education or training (Neet), it has been claimed.

Charity chief: foster carer quality must improve

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Thursday, May 7, 2015

| CYP Now

Improving the quality of foster carers is the key challenge facing the care system, the chief executive of looked-after children charity the Who Cares? Trust has said.

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Steep fall in apprenticeships take-up by young people

Labour calls for 'radical overhaul' in apprenticeships

Call for overhaul of 'perverse' apprenticeships funding system

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training

Government unveils teacher mental health training plans

University axes youth work course due to slump in job prospects

Social work accreditation plans 'risk destabilising workforce'

NCS to take on careers role

Sports charity gets £1.2m to help young people into work

Youth projects to share £17m seized from criminals

DfE considers u-turn on early years apprentice requirements

NCAS conference: Greening announces £11m for innovation projects

Charity receives £2.8m EU funding to support Neets

MPs to scrutinise Brexit impact on EU youth programme

Government launches specialist CSE response unit

Youth charity launches engineering jobs initiative

Concerns raised over health visitor training figures

Chief social worker branded 'spokesperson' for government

Military personnel to get youth work training through charity partnership

Ofsted criticises quality of apprenticeships

Early years sector welcomes U-turn on childcare qualifications

College of Social Work closure shocks children's leaders

Barnardo's: 'Prioritise disadvantaged young people for training'

Cuts 'risk the future' of thousands of young people, councils warn

Charity chief: foster carer quality must improve

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