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Children and Families Act 2014

Thursday, March 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The Children and Families Act 2014 has wide-ranging implications for children's services, from the creation of childminder agencies to better support for young people in care.

Skills for the Job: Working with blind children

Best Practice

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Understanding the impact of visual impairments can make a difference to the outcomes of children who are blind or partially sighted.

Skills for the Job: Tackling obesity in children

Other

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Obesity can have far-reaching consequences on children's lives, so professionals must take action when they spot the warning signs.

Skills for the Job: Respond to domestic violence

Other

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Knowing how to respond to children experiencing domestic violence can make all the difference in ensuring they get the right support.

The 2014 Report

Other

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Sector leaders look at the year ahead for children and young people.

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?

Daily roundup: Sexual grooming, palliative care and youth offending

News

Friday, December 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Report blames sexual grooming of young girls on police failings; MPs call for fairer children's palliative care funding; and a youth offending service in Teeside wins praise, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Employment training, Scottish reforms, and premature babies

Other

Friday, November 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Vulnerable young people in Liverpool to receive job skills training; Scottish committee backs children's reforms; and expert calls for more mother contact for premature babies, all in the news today.

Skills for the Job: Support sexually exploited children

Other

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Professionals must be alert to the different ways in which children and young people are vulnerable to being sexually exploited.

Skills for the job: Working with autistic children

Best Practice

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Patience and consideration are qualities needed to work effectively with children and young people with autism.

Skills for the Job: Working with children of prisoners

Other

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

| CYP Now

Children who have a parent in prison experience many disadvantages, but support is available to help them to overcome these.

Skills for the Job: How to spot victims of FGM

Other

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Female genital mutilation often stays hidden within families, but there are warning signs that practitioners should look out for.

Failure to invest in young people 'risks economic recovery'

News

Monday, August 12, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's plans for economic recovery will fail if it doesn't also invest in young people, a former government auditor has warned.

Skills for the Job: Discuss the dangers of smoking

Other

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Exposure to nicotine at a young age increases the risk of addiction, making the teenage years a key time to discuss smoking.

Councils outsmart Youth Contract

Other

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Two localised versions of the Youth Contract appear to put the national youth employment scheme to shame.

Skills for the Job: De-escalating a confrontation

Best Practice

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Having a range of communication skills can help children's professionals safely defuse aggressive and hostile behaviour.

CYP Now Awards extends deadline to 11 July

News

Thursday, July 4, 2013

| CYP Now

The deadline to enter the 2013 Children & Young People Now Awards has been extended by one week, to Thursday 11 July. Entries must be received before 12 noon that day.

Youth work courses continue to evolve

Other

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.

Skills for the Job: Understanding the dangers of porn

Other

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

| CYP Now

With pornography becoming increasingly available online, professionals must recognise its impact on children who view it.

Youth job deal fails to take off

Other

Saturday, June 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Government bid to tackle youth unemployment by paying businesses to take on young people is not working.

Young people aspire to be self-employed as jobs market remains tough

News

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Three out of 10 young people believe they will be self-employed in the future, according to a study by The Prince's Trust.

Skills for the Job: Be aware of ‘sexting'

Other

Monday, May 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Understanding how young people share sexually explicit material via their phones is vital if practitioners are to address the problem

Skills for the Job: Gender dysphoria

Other

Monday, April 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Children can face hostility if their behaviour does not conform to gender stereotypes, says Margaret Griffiths of charity Mermaids UK

Skills for the Job: Young people and recruitment

Other

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Involving young people in the process of recruitment offers them invaluable interview training and increases employability

Daily roundup: Free school meals, single parents and school sports

Other

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Free school meals under threat from budget cuts; single-parent families hit by benefits cap and MPs to investigate impact of the Olympics on school sports, all in the news today.

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Children and Families Act 2014

Skills for the Job: Working with blind children

Skills for the Job: Tackling obesity in children

Skills for the Job: Respond to domestic violence

The 2014 Report

Skills for the Job: Creating an employee-led mutual

Daily roundup: Sexual grooming, palliative care and youth offending

Daily roundup: Employment training, Scottish reforms, and premature babies

Skills for the Job: Support sexually exploited children

Skills for the job: Working with autistic children

Skills for the Job: Working with children of prisoners

Skills for the Job: How to spot victims of FGM

Failure to invest in young people 'risks economic recovery'

Skills for the Job: Discuss the dangers of smoking

Councils outsmart Youth Contract

Skills for the Job: De-escalating a confrontation

CYP Now Awards extends deadline to 11 July

Youth work courses continue to evolve

Skills for the Job: Understanding the dangers of porn

Youth job deal fails to take off

Young people aspire to be self-employed as jobs market remains tough

Skills for the Job: Be aware of ‘sexting'

Skills for the Job: Gender dysphoria

Skills for the Job: Young people and recruitment

Daily roundup: Free school meals, single parents and school sports

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