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Guide to Qualifications and Training: Social Work

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.

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training 2023/24

Features

Friday, September 1, 2023

| CYP Now

With many parts of the sector facing recruitment challenges, Joe Lepper identifies developments in entry-level requirements and ongoing professional development for children's services practitioners.

Frontline evolves its approach to boost reach and retention

Analysis

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| CYP Now

A decade on from its launch, the fast-track child protection social work training programme is expanding into more areas, extending its duration and training future leaders in the next phase of its development.

Getting the lowdown on fast-track training schemes

Features

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

| CYP Now

Recent years have seen a proliferation of fast-track and graduate training schemes designed to boost the children and young people’s workforce. Joe Lepper explores what these programmes have to offer.

Ask the Experts: Raise young people's job prospects

Other

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on young people's employment, cultivating community spirit, regaining job motivation and discussing depression.

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children and young people's issues featured prominently during Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour leader. So what is he pledging to do, and what do sector leaders think of his emerging policies?

Labour has chance to shape the future of youth policy

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

So the unelectable Jeremy Corbyn has been elected as the leader of the Labour Party. He will now lead an allegedly unelectable opposition to Her Majesty's government.

Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Qualification requirements and training provision for working with children and young people is continuously adapting in line with changes in policy and practice. Charlotte Goddard provides a comprehensive overview.

Recruitment in children's services: trends and challenges

Other

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Funding cuts coupled with increased demand for services are intensifying the recruitment challenges for children's services employers. Joe Lepper explores the trends across the children's workforce.

Daily roundup: Mental health, children in Birmingham, and Savile

Other

Monday, June 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Doctors sending children long distances to get mental health treatment; independent review to investigate life for children in Birmingham; and Savile victim numbers grow to more than 500 research shows, all in the news today.

Narey confident social work training reforms will get green light

News

Friday, May 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Controversial proposals to improve the education and training of child social workers look set to get the go-ahead from government.

Narey takes aim at 'inadequate' social worker training

News

Thursday, February 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's children's adviser Martin Narey has launched a damning critique of the quality of social worker education.

Daily roundup: Child poverty, teacher training, and youth social enterprise

Other

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

| CYP Now

Researchers find ADHD link with low income and single parent families; Just one in five trainee primary school teachers are men; and a work focused social enterprise in Leeds gets £1m, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Pupil premium, childcare standards and youth apprenticeships

Other

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

| CYP Now

The government is to raise the pupil premium among primary school reforms, a government international comparison of childcare places the UK fourth, and almost three quarters of Neet young people cannot access apprenticeships.

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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Guide to Qualifications and Training: Social Work

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training 2023/24

Frontline evolves its approach to boost reach and retention

Getting the lowdown on fast-track training schemes

Ask the Experts: Raise young people's job prospects

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

Labour has chance to shape the future of youth policy

Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications

Recruitment in children's services: trends and challenges

Daily roundup: Mental health, children in Birmingham, and Savile

Narey confident social work training reforms will get green light

Narey takes aim at 'inadequate' social worker training

Daily roundup: Child poverty, teacher training, and youth social enterprise

Daily roundup: Pupil premium, childcare standards and youth apprenticeships

Social work training under examination

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