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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.

Workforce council to push integration

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  • Tuesday, September 16, 2008
  • | CYP Now
The Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) is to launch a campaign to promote integrated working to children's services professionals.

Qualifications to be more flexible

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  • Tuesday, April 22, 2008
  • | CYP Now
School support staff are set for a more flexible qualifications system, under plans from the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA).

Schools preparing for strike action

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  • Tuesday, April 15, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Schools in England and Wales are bracing themselves for short-notice closures if a strike by the National Union of Teachers on 24 April goes ahead.

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.

Bidding creates divisive culture

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  • Tuesday, April 1, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Bidding for money to provide extended services wastes time and creates unhealthy competition between schools, extended school workers have warned.

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.

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