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Youth Work and Youth Services: Research evidence

Monday, October 10, 2016

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The research section for this special report is based on a selection of academic studies which have been explored and summarised by Research in Practice (www.rip.org.uk), part of the Dartington Hall Trust.

How high street skills get young people on track

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Monday, October 12, 2015

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Project gets hardest-to-reach young people back into education.

Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications

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Thursday, October 1, 2015

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Qualification requirements and training provision for working with children and young people is continuously adapting in line with changes in policy and practice. Charlotte Goddard provides a comprehensive overview.

My Life: Damian Czerwiak, 18, Bedfordshire

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Monday, September 28, 2015

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About a year ago, I got into a lot of trouble with the police and came close to receiving an antisocial behaviour order for my behaviour in the community.

How mentors support students to reach their educational goals

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Monday, September 28, 2015

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Project supports young people at risk of becoming Neet to stay in school and realise their full potential.

Funding cuts lead councils to seek new ways of delivering youth work

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Monday, September 28, 2015

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A new round of government funding through the Delivering Differently for Young People programme will aim to help more local authorities develop effective models of providing youth services at a reduced cost

Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications

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Monday, September 28, 2015

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Qualification requirements and training provision for working with children and young people is continuously adapting in line with changes in policy and practice. Charlotte Goddard provides a comprehensive overview.

Good Idea: Firefighter course instils discipline in young people

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Monday, June 8, 2015

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A council programme run by the fire and rescue service aims to challenge the negative behaviour of young offenders and those with discipline issues.

Review: The KidsKope Peer Mentoring Programme

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Monday, April 13, 2015

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How life coach volunteers support young people to make changes

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Monday, April 13, 2015

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Programme boosts the aspirations of disadvantaged or homeless 17- to 21-year-olds and help them to turn their lives around.

A head for business: UK Youth chief executive Anna Smee

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

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Laura McCardle meets Anna Smee, chief executive of UK Youth.

Skills for the Job: Establish a mentoring programme

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Monday, September 1, 2014

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Mentors can play an important supportive part in the lives of children and young people who lack positive role models to look up to.

Daily roundup: Safe houses, antisocial behaviour, and criminal records

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Friday, May 30, 2014

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Report calls for "safe houses" for young Londoners fleeing violence, children's home closed following antisocial behaviour reports, and youth charities encouraged to employ staff with criminal records, all in the news today.

Good Practice: Ask the Experts - Promote healthy food choices

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Monday, May 12, 2014

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Our panel offers advice on the dangers of salt, selling yourself at interviews, dealing with a protest over fees and academy status benefits.

Good Practice: Ask the Experts - Sexual health and safeguarding

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

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Our panel offers advice on protecting sexually active under-16s, poor social workers, a "flirty" youth worker and disrupted sleep patterns.

Daily roundup: Benefit sanctions, early years, and childcare support

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Monday, March 3, 2014

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Young people struggle for basics after benefits wrongly stopped; early years bodies create policy guidance for party leaders; and poor working families miss out on childcare support, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Antisocial behaviour, free schools, and apprenticeships

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Friday, January 24, 2014

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Government drops 'annoyance' definition of antisocial behaviour; more free school applications approved; and Cabinet Office apprenticeship scheme doubled, all in the news today.

Ask the Experts: Confidence-boosting tactics

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

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Daily roundup: foster care, GCSE replacement, and passive smoking

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

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Campaign launched to extent support for fostered young people beyond 18, proposals unveiled to scrap GCSEs by 2015 with new "I levels", and dangers of second-hand smoke for children highlighted, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: School privatisation, road safety, and how to spend the pupil premium

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Monday, February 11, 2013

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Leaked Department for Education documents reveal plans to privatise academies, road safety advertising falls victim to cuts, and an Ofsted report on the pupil premium, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Disability payments, Youth Work Week and SEN support in Bromley

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

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Fears that the new disability payment system could hamper independent living for young people, MPs urged to spend time with local youth workers, and Bromley berated over delays in SEN support, all in the news today.