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Guide to Qualifications and Training: Leaders

Friday, September 1, 2023

| CYP Now

In April the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) published details of the characteristics of directors of children's services (DCSs) for the first time.

Five top tips on supporting overseas-trained workers

Other

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

| CYP Now

International recruitment can be a great way for practitioners to engage in trans-national social work.

How I Got Here: Reverend Dez Johnston

Best Practice

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

| CYP Now

Alpha Scotland's director on his career milestones.

How I Got Here: Sharon Lovell, National Youth Advocacy Service

Features

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

| CYP Now

Sharon Lovell, National executive director (Wales), National Youth Advocacy Service, on her career landmarks.

How I Got Here: Sharon Davies, chief executive, Young Enterprise

Features

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

| CYP Now

I left home at an early age, and after several jobs including potato picking and working on a turkey farm, I first came into contact with youth work when I was 19, working in a supermarket.

Leadership: Inclusive recruitment

Features

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Individuals from diverse backgrounds offer employers a wealth of talent. Inclusive recruitment means not defining people by the challenges they face, but recognising the strengths they bring to a workplace.

Why we changed careers to work with children

Features

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| CYP Now

Many children’s and youth services are experiencing staffing shortages and need to recruit new blood. Tom de Castella explores why some people change career to work in the sector.

Ask the Experts: Making a move to management

Best Practice

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on staff supervision, team motivation, life skills for young people and engaging nursery children with the arts.

Ask the Experts: Post-retirement work options

Other

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on working with children after retiring, joint commissioning, internet safety and the role of key workers.

Skills For The Job: Paying the National Living Wage

Other

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

The introduction of the living wage will have a major impact on nursery providers' business, which need to be well prepared for.

Ask the Experts: Raise young people's job prospects

Other

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on young people's employment, cultivating community spirit, regaining job motivation and discussing depression.

Ask the Experts: Run supportive training sessions

Other

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on delivering sensitive training, school place planning, bilingual nursery support and a bereaved young carer.

Jobs can only be Open to All if we overcome our degree obsession

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Skills for the Job: Social investment for charities

Other

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

With public sector funding reducing, children's charities could increasingly turn to social investment to achieve their goals.

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children and young people's issues featured prominently during Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour leader. So what is he pledging to do, and what do sector leaders think of his emerging policies?

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

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

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

Skills for the Job: Ensure a good work-life balance

Best Practice

Monday, August 31, 2015

| CYP Now

As pressures in children's services continue to rise, there are some key steps professionals can take to keep stress levels in check.

Skills for the Job: How to manage agency staff

Other

Monday, July 20, 2015

| CYP Now

With more agency workers being employed in children's services, managing this growing part of the workforce well is vital.

Recruitment in children's services: trends and challenges

Other

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Funding cuts coupled with increased demand for services are intensifying the recruitment challenges for children's services employers. Joe Lepper explores the trends across the children's workforce.

Skills for the Job: Managing workplace stress

Other

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Employers must be aware of how stress can negatively affect the wellbeing of their staff, and the steps they can take to manage it.

Daily roundup: Children's services, leadership and child protection

Other

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Hampshire children's services receive "good" Ofsted judgment; Salford DCS to become Solihull chief executive; and Bristol gets new child protection service, all in the news today.

Skills for the Job: Creating an employee-led mutual

Other

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

A handful of staff-led youth work mutuals are due to start this year, but how do you go about setting one up successfully?

Ask the Expert: Motivating staff

Other

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

| CYP Now

DCSs need specialist training, says college

Other

Monday, July 25, 2011

| CYP Now

Training for potential leaders of children's services must not overlook specialist knowledge at the expense of expanding council remits, according to the National College for School Leadership.

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Guide to Qualifications and Training: Leaders

Five top tips on supporting overseas-trained workers

How I Got Here: Reverend Dez Johnston

How I Got Here: Sharon Lovell, National Youth Advocacy Service

How I Got Here: Sharon Davies, chief executive, Young Enterprise

Leadership: Inclusive recruitment

Why we changed careers to work with children

Ask the Experts: Making a move to management

Ask the Experts: Post-retirement work options

Skills For The Job: Paying the National Living Wage

Ask the Experts: Raise young people's job prospects

Ask the Experts: Run supportive training sessions

Jobs can only be Open to All if we overcome our degree obsession

Skills for the Job: Social investment for charities

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

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

Skills for the Job: Ensure a good work-life balance

Skills for the Job: How to manage agency staff

Recruitment in children's services: trends and challenges

Skills for the Job: Managing workplace stress

Daily roundup: Children's services, leadership and child protection

Skills for the Job: Creating an employee-led mutual

Ask the Expert: Motivating staff

DCSs need specialist training, says college

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