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Employment: Ready for work

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  • Monday, May 10, 2010
  • | CYP Now
With youth unemployment remaining high, Nancy Rowntree looks at a London scheme that is helping young people find jobs with leading companies.

Training needed in mental health

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  • Monday, November 10, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Youth workers need to be trained to spot the onset of mental health problems in teenagers, according to the head of charity YoungMinds.

Youth work courses continue to evolve

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  • Tuesday, June 25, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Student numbers on youth work courses are in decline, while some universities are axing their degrees altogether, but Charlotte Goddard finds institutions adapting learning to meet changing needs in the sector.

DfE must serve children, not our sitcom writers

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  • Tuesday, January 22, 2013
  • | CYP Now
In what ended up as an explosive exit interview, Tim Loughton lifted the lid on the inner workings of the Department for Education at a select committee hearing last week with the department's former ministers.

Do we need more men?

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  • Tuesday, January 22, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Women outnumber men across the children's workforce, particularly in work with young children. Charlotte Goddard investigates whether it matters and what employers could do to redress the balance

Access to Youth Work: Training developments

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  • Tuesday, October 24, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Youth workers work in a variety of settings including traditional youth clubs, in the community (detached youth work) and increasingly in places such as schools, hospitals and secure environments.

Training boost for play sector

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  • Monday, January 18, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The sector skills council for playwork will create a network of high-quality training providers in an effort to increase the number of qualified workers in the sector.

Connexions cuts worse than feared

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  • Tuesday, February 26, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Job and budget cuts in Connexions partnerships are much higher than the government has admitted, putting future service delivery in jeopardy, trade union Unison has warned.

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.

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