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Careers Advice and Guidance – Key policy developments

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  • Tuesday, November 28, 2023
  • | CYP Now
All secondary schools and colleges are under a duty to provide careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) to pupils from years 7 to 13, and to those aged up to 25 with an education, health and care plan (EHCP).

Access to Youth Work: Training developments

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  • Tuesday, October 24, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Youth workers work in a variety of settings including traditional youth clubs, in the community (detached youth work) and increasingly in places such as schools, hospitals and secure environments.

Residential Care: Key policy developments

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  • Tuesday, September 26, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Latest Department for Education statistics show that there were 2,880 children’s homes operating on 31 March 2023, an increase of nine per cent from the previous year (238 homes).

Children England’s demise highlights failing ‘market’

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  • Thursday, September 21, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Following the collapse in 2016 of children’s charity 4Children, Kathy Evans, chief executive of Children England warned that “the serious financial fragility of the children’s services ‘marketplace’ is a very real and urgent problem for large and small organisations alike”.

Guide to Qualifications and Training: Education

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  • Friday, September 1, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Education support staff, such as teaching assistants, mental health workers and special educational needs co-ordinators (Sencos) have faced a number of challenges in 2023, including increased demand for support.

Guide to Qualifications and Training: Social Work

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  • Friday, September 1, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Department for Education data shows there were 7,900 social work vacancies in England in 2022, up by more than a fifth compared with the previous year and the highest rate since 2017. In 2022, children's services lost 5,400 full-time equivalent social workers.

Guide to Qualifications and Training: Youth Work

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  • Friday, September 1, 2023
  • | CYP Now
In the past, youth work was mainly delivered by local authorities but today is provided by a range of organisations such as housing programmes, voluntary organisations, within the NHS and in social care or youth justice.

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