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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.

Mutual benefits

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  • Tuesday, February 19, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Public sector employees are being encouraged to take control of the services they provide and run them as mutuals. Joe Lepper looks at the experiences of those pioneering the approach in children's services

Guide to Qualifications and Training: Social Work

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  • Friday, September 1, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Department for Education data shows there were 7,900 social work vacancies in England in 2022, up by more than a fifth compared with the previous year and the highest rate since 2017. In 2022, children's services lost 5,400 full-time equivalent social workers.

Pedagogues face cultural barriers

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  • Tuesday, December 4, 2007
  • | CYP Now
A number of barriers must be overcome if the UK is to introduce European-style social pedagogues, a senior researcher at the Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU) has said.

In Pictures: CYP Now Awards 2010

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  • Monday, November 22, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The 2010 Children & Young People Now Awards, held at the Royal Horticultural Halls in central London last week, was a scene of jubilation and pride for those who work with children, young people and families.

The awards that really matter

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  • Monday, April 15, 2013
  • | CYP Now
The Children & Young People Now Awards represent the gold standard in services for children, young people and families across the UK. They recognise the most innovative and effective work in transforming young lives and building a better society. Too much of this work goes unnoticed and unappreciated - these awards set to put that right and spread good practice.

Spending for the future: Can we do more with less?

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  • Tuesday, October 30, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Despite belated signs of economic growth, further cuts loom beyond the end of the spending review period in 2015. CYP Now asks four figureheads to set out the long-term challenges in financing children's services

The 2014 Report

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  • Tuesday, January 7, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Sector leaders look at the year ahead for children and young people.

Legal aid contract is harming the young

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  • Tuesday, November 27, 2007
  • | CYP Now
Recent changes to legal aid are driving children's lawyers out of the profession and jeopardising efforts to speed up care proceedings, the Association of Lawyers for Children (ALC) has warned.

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