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Trial by media

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 8, 2010
    • | CYP Now
So what might be said about Jon Venables that has not been said already?

Integrated working makes a comeback

    Opinion
  • Monday, October 31, 2011
    • | CYP Now
Good ideas never completely disappear. After early prophecies of doom, the idea of integrated working in the children and youth workforce seems to be enjoying something of a renaissance at present.

Careers advice needs clear direction

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, July 28, 2009
    • | CYP Now
We're in the darkest depths of recession, and about to enter a transformation in post-16 learning through the expansion of diplomas and apprenticeships. Young people could really do with some sure-footed careers advice right now.

Young people should be positively engaged

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, November 27, 2007
    • | CYP Now
The government's new Youth Taskforce aims to deliver on the 10-year strategy Aiming High for Young People, which focuses on the expansion of positive activities, creating new places to go and developing local services to support young people.

Policy into practice - Extracurricular activities

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, August 11, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The issue: Demonstrating soft skills, such as decision making, relationship building, problem solving and teamwork, can really help to boost a young person's employment prospects. Former Health Secretary Alan Milburn's recent report into social mobility says that in order to help narrow the attainment gap between young people from different social backgrounds, schools should provide a range of extracurricular activities.

Spend on the service, not the name

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 1, 2009
    • | CYP Now
When we brought youth workers and personal advisers together to create a new service for young people we stopped for a moment to consider what it should be called.

Young people in custody matter too

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 1, 2009
    • | CYP Now
A government-commissioned review into the use of restraint in the youth prison system reported last December that force must be used as a "last resort".

Policy into practice - Access to university

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 22, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The issue: Thousands of young people will start university over the next few weeks. But the stark reality is that young people with parents in professional positions are three times more likely to go to university than those whose parents are on low incomes.

Generational respect works both ways

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 22, 2009
    • | CYP Now
British society worships at the altar of the young. Lord Heseltine, the former deputy Prime Minister, attracted a great deal of publicity for this statement in a recent speech.

A bluffer's guide to surviving a restructure

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 28, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The saying "you cannot step into the same river twice" is an apposite one for youth work. Young people are constan-tly changing and therefore effective practice demands reshaped programmes, improved venues, and even new timings.

Troubled young need experienced workers

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, January 8, 2008
    • | CYP Now
For many years now, I have advocated the need for a special brand of "advanced skill practitioners" to deal with our most challenging and troubled young people.

Let's support the parents with disabilities

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 30, 2007
    • | CYP Now
There are an increasing number of families in the UK where the parents have learning difficulties. However, despite government commitments in England and Scotland to support parents with learning disabilities so their children's life chances will be maximised, the evidence suggests that neither health nor social care services are adequately meeting their needs. A recent report from the Norah Fry Centre at the University of Bristol highlighted that about half of all parents with learning difficulties have their children taken away from them.

Editorial: Children's services remain colour-blind

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 30, 2007
    • | CYP Now
Findings of a study about engaging black and minority ethnic (BME) parents in children's services have been published by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (see p4). Given government policy's emphasis on positive parenting and on connecting with hard-to-reach communities, it contains important messages for professionals who work with the young and their families.

Start from the street and work your way up

    Opinion
  • Thursday, July 2, 2009
    • | CYP Now
It's pretty much accepted that you learn about youth work first and detached work later, as a specialism. As the debate rages about "the future of youth work" and the state of our values, I'd like to suggest we turn that round. What would it look like if we started with detached youth work?

It's fair to charge for youth clubs

    Opinion
  • Thursday, November 5, 2009
    • | CYP Now
I've been following the debate on the cypnow.co.uk forum about whether young people should be charged for access to youth clubs. It's an excellent question and one that has prompted a range of responses.

Policy into practice: Victims of crime

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, November 17, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The issue: Being a victim of a crime - particularly if it is serious or violent - can create feelings of fear, shock and anger and may even result in physical symptoms such as difficulty eating and sleeping.

Policy into practice - Swimming

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, June 16, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The issue: Swimming is an ever-popular sporting activity with children and young people, particularly during the school holidays and summer months. As well as getting active and healthy it can also be a great way to have fun with friends.

Health visiting needs a shot in the arm

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 24, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Health visiting as a profession has reached a crossroads. Numbers are at their lowest for 14 years, falling by 10 per cent in the past three years alone (see p9).

You can't define an entire generation

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 31, 2009
    • | CYP Now
In current political debates, academic literature and media coverage, there is a risk of becoming convinced that young people are characterised by under-achievement, teenage pregnancy, mental ill-health, criminality, homelessness and substance misuse.

The key to Ofsted's rehabilitation

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 31, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Ofsted has attracted its share of flak in recent months, much of it justified. The verdict of its Annual Performance Assessment of Haringey Council in late 2007 as "good" is now notorious.

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