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Youth work employment changes: key questions and implications

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Longstanding arrangement that has seen employers and unions jointly agree youth workers' pay and conditions looks set to end, raising concerns over a reduction in wages and standards of professional practice.

Leadership: Corporate partnerships can motivate young people

Best Practice

Friday, June 24, 2011

| CYP Now

UK Youth has been around for 100 years. To have survived and thrived as a charity for so long, we've always had to look for new ways of funding the important work we, and our network, do with young people.

Daily roundup: Child protection, breastfeeding incentive, and new DCS

Other

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Education secretary Michael Gove calls for radical overhaul of child protection; new mums offered vouchers to breastfeed; and Sally Hodges to be new DCS at Solihull Council, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Care proceedings, teacher training, and physical education

Other

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Social workers to get help understanding care proceedings legislation; teacher training on SEN insufficient; and most pupils "not bothered" by loss of competitive school sport, all in the news today.

Rob Wilson replaces Brooks Newmark as youth minister

News

Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Rob Wilson, Conservative MP for Reading East, is the new minister for civil society following the resignation of Brooks Newmark at the weekend due to allegations over his private life.

Ask the Experts: Growing food, media stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and youth centre help for Eastern European children

Best Practice

Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on growing vegetables, telling stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and help for Eastern European children.

Council chiefs call for scrapping of DCS role

News

Thursday, May 8, 2014

| CYP Now

The role of director of children's services (DCS) should be scrapped to give local authorities more flexibility over leadership, a report has recommended.

Newfound independence

Other

Monday, August 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Laura McCardle meets Michael Lynas, chief executive of the National Citizen Service.

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

News

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

Children's centres funding cut by £400m in three years

News

Friday, September 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Spending on children's centres and early years services has been slashed by more than £400m in the space of just three years, government figures show.

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, child obesity and violence against girls

Other

Monday, March 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Chamber of Commerce warning on youth unemployment figures; fraction of public health spending goes on child obesity; and government launches action plan to tackle violence against females, all in the news today.

Guide helps children's professionals understand key election pledges

News

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children & Young People Now presents the definitive guide to what the main parliamentary parties are pledging on key issues for children, young people and families.

NYA needs to 'reconnect' with youth sector, says new interim chief

News

Thursday, June 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The National Youth Agency's (NYA) interim boss has admitted that the organisation may have been "complacent" in meeting the needs of a changing youth sector.

Ask the Experts: Making guardianship orders work

Other

Monday, August 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on guardianship orders, dealing with bereavement, restructures at work and complaints about youth activities.

Unions slam employers' plans to scrap youth work pay settlement

News

Monday, February 1, 2016

| CYP Now

A row has erupted between unions and employers over plans to scrap a system for setting the pay of youth workers in England and Wales that has existed for more than half a century.

Ask the Experts: Retain a strong voice for children

Other

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on the future of DCSs, helping children of substance misusers, improving speech skills and conflict resolution.

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

Other

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on problem academies, whole-family assessments, supporting parents at nursery and a squatting protest.

Leadership: Let young people decide on the services that meet their needs

Best Practice

Monday, June 13, 2011

| CYP Now

The services that support young people outside of school are relatively small and there are few statutory requirements to deliver them. In times of austerity, they are often extensively and disproportionately cut back. The consequences of cutting ineffectively can be disastrous - expensive in both human and economic terms.

Leadership: Commissioning works when you know what young people need

Opinion

Monday, February 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Commissioning is a social model. It is about achieving social outcomes and assigning resources to need, says Garath Symonds.

Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services

Other

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's professionals struggle to keep pace with child abusers' tactics; 23 campaign groups highlight need for child-friendly policies; and Bracknell Forest youth hub set to open by 2016, all in the news today.

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Youth work employment changes: key questions and implications

Leadership: Corporate partnerships can motivate young people

Daily roundup: Child protection, breastfeeding incentive, and new DCS

Daily roundup: Care proceedings, teacher training, and physical education

Rob Wilson replaces Brooks Newmark as youth minister

Ask the Experts: Growing food, media stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and youth centre help for Eastern European children

Council chiefs call for scrapping of DCS role

Newfound independence

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Children's centres funding cut by £400m in three years

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, child obesity and violence against girls

Guide helps children's professionals understand key election pledges

NYA needs to 'reconnect' with youth sector, says new interim chief

Ask the Experts: Making guardianship orders work

Unions slam employers' plans to scrap youth work pay settlement

Ask the Experts: Retain a strong voice for children

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

Leadership: Let young people decide on the services that meet their needs

Leadership: Commissioning works when you know what young people need

Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services

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