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CYP Now Show 2009: Workshops and debates - The hot topics

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  • Tuesday, April 21, 2009
  • | CYP Now
Visitors to the CYP Now Show 2009 will be able to attend a range of interactive workshops and panel discussions focusing on issues that affect the sector. Jo Stephenson talks to some of the speakers and discovers what's on offer.

ISA backs hire of ex-offenders

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  • Tuesday, January 13, 2009
  • | CYP Now
The creation of vetting and barring body the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) will make it easier for ex-offenders to work with children and young people, according to one of its board members.

Strategy gives workforce boost

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  • Tuesday, December 9, 2008
  • | CYP Now
The government will today (Thursday 11 December) unveil a new partnership body designed to represent the entire children and young people's sector as part of the 2020 workforce strategy.

CYP Now to host workforce show

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  • Tuesday, November 4, 2008
  • | CYP Now
CYP Now is to stage a pioneering new show for everyone who works to deliver the Every Child Matters agenda locally.

New children's staff to be vetted

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  • Tuesday, October 21, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Staff new to the children's workforce will be the first to be scrutinised under the government's vetting and barring scheme, due to be introduced by the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) next year.

Analysis: Investment in 'play for play's sake'

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  • Tuesday, April 8, 2008
  • | CYP Now
England's play strategy Fair Play, out now for consultation, aims to dramatically improve children's playgrounds and develop the play workforce. Cathy Wallace looks at how it proposes to do so and gauges the reaction from experts in the field.

Analysis: Uniting the workforce

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  • Tuesday, April 8, 2008
  • | CYP Now
In one day, the government issued three new documents proposing changes to the children's and youth services workforce. But, as Cathy Wallace and Tristan Donovan report, the biggest changes are yet to come.

Streets to make space for play

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  • Tuesday, April 1, 2008
  • | CYP Now
The government will unveil plans to restrict the use of cars in residential streets this Thursday (3 April) in England's first national play strategy.

Skills shake-up to unify sector

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  • Tuesday, February 26, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Distinctions between professions such as teaching, youth work and childcare could disappear under government plans to strenghten the concept of children's professionals, CYP Now has learnt.

Analysis: Children's plan - Blueprint for a brighter future

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  • Tuesday, January 8, 2008
  • | CYP Now
The Children's Plan, unveiled last month, sets out strategies to improve services for children, young people and their families over the next ten years. Here, CYP Now extracts the main points in the plan and asks the sector for its reaction.

Brathay wins deal to unite the North

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  • Tuesday, October 23, 2007
  • | CYP Now
The Brathay Hall Trust has won a three-year contract to lead a multi-agency team development programme to help integrate children's services in northern England.

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