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Low pay and status hinders workforce

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  • Tuesday, April 1, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Low pay, uncertain career development and low status are major problems standing in the way of improving the early years workforce, research by a leading think-tank has found.

CYP Now to host workforce show

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  • Tuesday, November 4, 2008
  • | CYP Now
CYP Now is to stage a pioneering new show for everyone who works to deliver the Every Child Matters agenda locally.

Children and Families Act 2014

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  • 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.

The 2013 Report: The year ahead for children and young people

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  • Tuesday, January 8, 2013
  • | CYP Now
The coming year will present a profound set of challenges for all those who work with children, young people and families. CYP Now's 2013 Report aims to pinpoint these issues through a range of professionals. They put their cases for what must happen in policy and practice

Quiz of the Year 2012

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  • Tuesday, December 11, 2012
  • | CYP Now
How closely have you been following the ups and downs of the children and young people's sector over the past 12 months? Test your knowledge here with the CYP Now quiz of the year

Would a licence to practise raise the bar?

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  • Tuesday, April 3, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Professor Cathy Nutbrown's interim report of early education and childcare qualifications states that despite unwavering evidence that good quality provision is vital for young children's development, the work of the early years sector is "widely seen as low status, low paid and low skilled".

Private sector is lagging behind

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  • Tuesday, October 23, 2007
  • | CYP Now
The private sector is out of the loop in local early years partnerships and training, a study by theChildren's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) has found.

Networking events for centre leaders

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  • Tuesday, October 21, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Children's centre managers are to get the chance to network with each other at the first events held by the Children's Centre Leaders Network.

CWDC publishes qualifications list

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  • Tuesday, November 4, 2008
  • | CYP Now
The Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) has published a new qualifications list, which all early years practitioners must adhere to from September next year.

Skills for the new curriculum

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  • Monday, June 11, 2012
  • | CYP Now
The revised Early Years Foundation Stage framework comes into force in September. Sue Learner examines the skills that practitioners require to deliver the new curriculum and what training is available

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