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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.

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.

Guide to Qualifications and Training: Early Help

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  • Friday, September 1, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Early support for children and families looks set for a boost with the creation of family hubs, intended to bring together a range of services for children up to the age of 19, or 25 for those with special educational needs and disabilities.

Overhaul of early years qualifications

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  • Tuesday, July 23, 2013
  • | CYP Now
The government is reforming the qualifications of childcare practitioners through the introduction of early years educators and early years teachers. Sue Learner examines what the changes will mean in practice.

Social work training under examination

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  • Tuesday, July 9, 2013
  • | CYP Now
The government has commissioned reviews into social work education as reforms for students and existing practitioners start to take root. Jo Stephenson discovers a training landscape in a continuous state of flux.

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