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The best champions have empathy

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, July 14, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The challenge to reach out to disadvantaged families has long been the holy grail of children's services, not least in the take-up of childcare.

Make weekends fun for the young

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, July 7, 2009
    • | CYP Now
It's official: young people overwhelmingly believe more activities should be available for them at the weekends - 79 per cent - and 65 per cent say they would attend a Friday or Saturday night youth project regularly. What's more, 69 per cent of youth workers say increasing the number of weekend projects would be possible.

Capture the volunteers while we can

    Opinion
  • Thursday, July 2, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Volunteers are the life blood of youth work. According to the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services, more than 500,000 volunteers give up their spare time to work with young people, outnumbering the number of paid employees by almost 10 to one.

The joys of sex should be explained

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, June 30, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Earlier this year, the government confirmed its intention to make sex education compulsory in schools as part of the introduction of personal, social and health education to the National Curriculum.

How childcare can survive recession

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, June 23, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The huge expansion in childcare over the past decade is one of this government's most visible achievements. Latest estimates suggest that 2.8 million families use childcare. We are now a childcare nation.

The next commissioner needs bite

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, June 16, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The Department for Children, Schools and Families has fired the starting gun to recruit a children's commissioner for England to succeed Sir Al Aynsley-Green early next year.

After the circus, the work carries on

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, June 9, 2009
    • | CYP Now
It was Oscar Wilde who wrote: "To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness" (The Importance of Being Earnest).

Editorial: Hard work begins on 16-19 transfer

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, June 2, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The children's services arena is about to get considerably bigger. From next April, local authorities will inherit responsibility from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) for commissioning and funding education and training for 16- to 19-year-olds in a 7bn mega-transfer of funds. One of the key principles driving this reform is that provision of education and training is shaped by local demand, both by young people and by employers. The onus will be on councils to plan strategically to ensure a range of providers is set up to meet this demand.

Cost of custody should be devolved

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, May 26, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The current system of placing children in prison operates under a perverse financial incentive. Local authorities, which are responsible for a range of prevention and early intervention work to divert the young from crime, are essentially rewarded for their failures. If children are sentenced to custody, they no longer pick up the tab for their welfare.

Youth work must avoid isolationism

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, May 19, 2009
    • | CYP Now
De Montfort University's inquiry on the impact of government policies on youth work has added to the sense of unease expressed in Tony Taylor's open letter, In Defence of Youth Work, that its core principles are under threat.

Lame reaction to protection worries

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, May 12, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The Children's Secretary has talked a tough game throughout the Baby Peter child protection storm, taking swift action at the outset in commissioning Lord Laming to review child protection arrangements in England.

Youth employment is key to revival

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, April 28, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The outstandingly depressing budget of 2009 has left children's services in limbo, braced for the tightest of public spending squeezes and a likely change of government.

Give youth work freedom to deliver

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, April 21, 2009
    • | CYP Now
A campaign is brewing to tackle the feeling that policymakers are strangling the life out of youth work. It has been sparked by an open letter by social commentator Tony Taylor, In Defence of Youth Work.

It's good logic to halve child poverty

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, April 14, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The fiscal stimulus, be it tax cuts or increases in government spending, has been all the rage on both sides of the Atlantic, as the boldest way to ride the recession.

Break down the wall of ignorance

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, April 1, 2009
    • | CYP Now
It's disappointing to hear of examples where the role of youth work is overlooked and under-appreciated. But sadly all too often this still is the case.

The key to Ofsted's rehabilitation

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 31, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Ofsted has attracted its share of flak in recent months, much of it justified. The verdict of its Annual Performance Assessment of Haringey Council in late 2007 as "good" is now notorious.

Health visiting needs a shot in the arm

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 24, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Health visiting as a profession has reached a crossroads. Numbers are at their lowest for 14 years, falling by 10 per cent in the past three years alone (see p9).

Prevention is first line of protection

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 17, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Lord Laming's report on the state of child protection has injected great urgency in efforts to keep children safe from abuse and neglect. All 58 of his recommendations to improve practice through better procedures, training and lines of accountability have been accepted by the government. The spotlight is on child protection like rarely before.

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