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A careers advice firm that recruits volunteers from the business community will co-ordinate efforts to establish Jobcentre Plus in English schools, it has been announced.

School job advice plans ‘confused'

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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Experts see little merit in government moves to provide vulnerable pupils with Jobcentre Plus services.

Raising ambitions for care leavers

Features

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Care leavers are more likely to struggle to access education, employment and training opportunities. Joe Lepper looks at the challenges and highlights areas helping young people to achieve their goals.

Skills for the Job: Delivering good careers services

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Building links with employers who know about the jobs market can help governors ensure their school is at the heart of the community.

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

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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

Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

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.

Skills for the Job: Prepare young people for work

Other

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

| CYP Now

Getting that first job is still tough in today's market, so knowing what skills employers are looking for is key for young people.

Workless young people to attend employment ‘boot camp'

News

Monday, August 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Out of work young people between the ages of 18 and 21 will be placed on an intensive activity programme within the first three weeks of submitting a benefit claim under plans put forward by government.

Careers advice plans under fire

Other

Monday, June 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Jobcentre Plus advisers do not have the skills to help school children enter or take up vocational training, say experts.

Only one in four apprenticeships goes to under-19s

News

Saturday, May 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Only about a quarter of apprenticeships are going to under-19s despite the age group accounting for more than half of all applications, it has emerged.

Charity urges five-year plan on Neets

News

Thursday, May 21, 2015

| CYP Now

Government must develop a cross-departmental strategy to improve careers advice and school-to-work transitions if it is to prevent tens of thousands of young people becoming Neet over the next five years, a charity has warned.

Work skills training at centre of Labour's education manifesto

News

Friday, April 10, 2015

| CYP Now

The Labour Party has pledged a raft of improvements to careers support and vocational training in schools if it wins the next general election.

MPs criticise low uptake of apprenticeships for under-18s

News

Monday, March 9, 2015

| CYP Now

MPs are calling on schools and the government to do more to address the low uptake of apprenticeships among teenagers.

Brent Council rejects youth service closure plans but backs outsourcing

News

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

| CYP Now

The London Borough of Brent has thrown out plans to axe youth services, close children's centres and impose sweeping cuts to its Connexions services.

Morgan announces careers advice body for schools

News

Thursday, December 11, 2014

| CYP Now

The Department for Education is to establish a careers advice company in a bid to improve the quality of guidance services in schools and colleges, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has announced.

Work coaches help jobless youth

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils piloting Jobcentre Plus coaches say the scheme extends their work with jobless young people.

More specialist advisers needed to tackle careers guidance 'postcode lottery'

News

Thursday, October 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Schools and further education colleges should be able to access specialist careers advisers as part of an expanded National Careers Service, a report by academics at the University of Derby concludes.

Conservatives plan to link youth jobseeker payments to ‘community work'

News

Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Young people aged 18 to 21 and out of work or training for more than six months will need to do community work to continue receiving jobseeker's allowance (JSA), Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Ofsted warns over Neet risk of new study programmes

News

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Low-quality study programmes are increasing young people's chances of dropping out of school and training post-16, a report has warned.

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

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

Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications

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Workless young people to attend employment ‘boot camp'

Careers advice plans under fire

Only one in four apprenticeships goes to under-19s

Charity urges five-year plan on Neets

Work skills training at centre of Labour's education manifesto

MPs criticise low uptake of apprenticeships for under-18s

Brent Council rejects youth service closure plans but backs outsourcing

Morgan announces careers advice body for schools

Work coaches help jobless youth

More specialist advisers needed to tackle careers guidance 'postcode lottery'

Conservatives plan to link youth jobseeker payments to ‘community work'

Ofsted warns over Neet risk of new study programmes

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