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Training at the top

Monday, November 28, 2011

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services face unique challenges, shouldering wider responsibilities at a time of structural change. Charlotte Goddard looks at the training for aspirant leaders

Skills for the Job: First aid training

Features

Monday, November 14, 2011

| CYP Now

First aid in youth work environments is crucial, as St John Ambulance training development manager Clive James explains

Careers: Youth participation worker

Features

Friday, October 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Youth participation workers help young people make their voices heard, writes Charlotte Goddard.

Skills for the Job: Eating disorders

Features

Friday, October 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Eating disorders affect people from all backgrounds. The charity Beat offers advice on recognising problems and seeking help.

Skills for the Job: Volatile substance abuse

Features

Friday, September 16, 2011

| CYP Now

Volatile substance abuse can cause sudden death. Stephen Ream offers advice to youth workers on helping young people.

Careers: Independent sexual violence advisers

Features

Friday, September 2, 2011

| CYP Now

Victims of sexual abuse receive support from ISVAs to overcome the trauma, writes Charlotte Goddard.

Skills for the Job: Literacy problems

Features

Friday, August 19, 2011

| CYP Now

The National Literacy Trust's Emily McCoy explains the steps youth workers can take to help young people who struggle with reading.

Skills for the Job: Teenage pregnancy

Features

Friday, July 22, 2011

| CYP Now

Youth professionals have a key role to play in helping to reduce further the current low teen pregnancy rates, writes FPA's Rebecca Findlay.

Careers Interview: Annie New, extended schools co-ordinator for the Alban Way Consortium

Features

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

| CYP Now

Annie New works across five primary schools and two secondary schools.

Skills for the Job: Resolving conflict

Features

Friday, June 24, 2011

| CYP Now

Youth workers need to understand the ingredients of conflict to help resolve the issue, writes Leap Confronting Conflict's Peta Boucher.

My Placement: Vanessa Honeyghan, final year student, social work degree, University of Birmingham

Features

Friday, May 27, 2011

| CYP Now

I was placed in a primary school in a town near Birmingham between September 2008 and February 2009. I was the first student social worker that they'd had.

Newly Qualified: The earliest of interventions

Features

Friday, May 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Winston Morson took a degree to further his career and is now responsible for pre-birth assessments.

Careers Interview: Kim Hatley, family outreach worker, Wishing Well Children's Centre, Rochford, Essex

Features

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Kim Hatley has worked as a family outreach worker for two years. She says she "absolutely loves" her job working for children's charity 4Children.

Skills for the Job: Exam stress

Features

Friday, May 13, 2011

| CYP Now

The school examinations period is under way. Andy Hillier looks at how youth workers can ease the pressure on young people.

Careers: Newly qualified - Never too late to retrain

Features

Thursday, April 21, 2011

| CYP Now

Mum-of-four Tracy Lormor was almost 40 when she began her social work degree. Emily Rogers reports.

Newly Qualified: Flexibility of agency work

Features

Monday, March 21, 2011

| CYP Now

Kamara Palmer is an agency social worker in Leicestershire Council's 16-plus leaving care team. She graduated from the University of Birmingham in September 2009.

My Placement: Rachel Edwards, social worker, Stockport Council's family support team

Features

Monday, March 21, 2011

| CYP Now

I did my placement in Stockport's family support team between December 2008 and May 2009.

Skills for the Job: How to get young people involved in campaigning

Features

Monday, March 21, 2011

| CYP Now

Young people should play an active part in campaigns but youth workers need to be aware of safeguarding issues, writes Aaron Porter.

Careers Interview: Cheryl Baddeley, manager of Oak tree Nursery, Ilfracombe, Devon

Features

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

| CYP Now

The Oak Tree Nursery is part of the My Start Children's Centre in Ilfracombe, Devon, and is operated by the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

Skills for the Job: Digital literacy

Features

Monday, February 21, 2011

| CYP Now

Youth professionals need to embrace digital media and new technologies in order to support young people, writes Tim Davies.

Careers: Youth centre manager

Features

Monday, February 21, 2011

| CYP Now

The Myplace youth facilities programme is creating new opportunities for managers. Andy Hillier reports.

GSCC Update: Time management is crucial

Features

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

| CYP Now

The latest on registration and conduct from the General Social Care Council.

Skills for the Job: Writing funding applications

Features

Monday, January 24, 2011

| CYP Now

What steps should you take to ensure that your funding application stands out from the crowd? Andy Hillier finds out.

Interview: Andy Burnham, shadow education secretary

Features

Monday, October 25, 2010

| CYP Now

Andy Burnham is still in migration phase, getting to grips with the role of shadow education secretary after moving from his previous brief in government on health. But the enthusiasm he holds for his new post is clear.

Interview: Baroness Beverley Hughes, Labour peer

Features

Friday, October 8, 2010

| CYP Now

Beverley Hughes, the former children's minister who was awarded a peerage in May, is preparing to get stuck into her new role in the House of Lords, in which she says her old brief will be her top priority.

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Training at the top

Skills for the Job: First aid training

Careers: Youth participation worker

Skills for the Job: Eating disorders

Skills for the Job: Volatile substance abuse

Careers: Independent sexual violence advisers

Skills for the Job: Literacy problems

Skills for the Job: Teenage pregnancy

Careers Interview: Annie New, extended schools co-ordinator for the Alban Way Consortium

Skills for the Job: Resolving conflict

My Placement: Vanessa Honeyghan, final year student, social work degree, University of Birmingham

Newly Qualified: The earliest of interventions

Careers Interview: Kim Hatley, family outreach worker, Wishing Well Children's Centre, Rochford, Essex

Skills for the Job: Exam stress

Careers: Newly qualified - Never too late to retrain

Newly Qualified: Flexibility of agency work

My Placement: Rachel Edwards, social worker, Stockport Council's family support team

Skills for the Job: How to get young people involved in campaigning

Careers Interview: Cheryl Baddeley, manager of Oak tree Nursery, Ilfracombe, Devon

Skills for the Job: Digital literacy

Careers: Youth centre manager

GSCC Update: Time management is crucial

Skills for the Job: Writing funding applications

Interview: Andy Burnham, shadow education secretary

Interview: Baroness Beverley Hughes, Labour peer

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