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Qualified for the role

    Features
  • Thursday, March 26, 2009
  • | CYP Now
A formal qualification is increasingly becoming a requirement for many jobs in the children's and youth sectors. Shafik Meghji looks at the policies driving this change and the types of qualifications needed.

Professional development: short courses

    Features
  • Thursday, March 26, 2009
  • | CYP Now
There is a vast array of short courses available to professionals who work with children and young people. Suzy Bashford asks how to find the right course and how to get it at the right price.

A workforce ready for the challenge

    Features
  • Thursday, November 20, 2008
  • | CYP Now
The government plans to invest heavily in the children's workforce over the next three years. Andy Hillier looks at where the money will be spent and asks how this will affect professionals working with children and young people.

Careers Guide: Foreword

    Features
  • Thursday, November 20, 2008
  • | CYP Now
There are few nobler career choices than working in the service of children and young people. And there are few occupational groups that are evolving as fast. Plenty of moves are afoot to develop and professionalise the children's and youth workforce, as crystallised in the workforce strategy that was due to be published in November 2008.

Karen James, Manager, Kiddlywinks

    Features
  • Tuesday, September 16, 2008
  • | CYP Now
I started Kiddlywinks in November 2003 after helping set up the nursery at the University of Central Lancashire. Before that I was working in a secondary school, supporting children with special needs, but it had always been my goal to work with early years.

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