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Youth crime demands a mature approach

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, July 15, 2008
    • | CYP Now
The Youth Crime Action Plan was being drafted frantically as CYP Now went to press. This keenly anticipated document is the most high-profile piece of children's policy this year.

Recognition of youth work is long overdue

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, November 4, 2008
    • | CYP Now
This week is Youth Work Week (1-7 November). Co-ordinated by The National Youth Agency, this annual event aims to explain and celebrate youth work and highlight its contribution to the development of young people.

Show some respect for state schools

    Opinion
  • Monday, October 4, 2010
    • | CYP Now
The drama over education reform continued at last week's Labour Party conference. Shadow education secretary Ed Balls naturally joined in, describing the coalition government's plans for free schools as "the most socially divisive education experiment for 60 years".

Getting past obstructive parents is essential when children are at risk

    Opinion
  • Monday, October 25, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Trying to work with families who won't co-operate is one of the hardest parts of being a social worker. But getting past obstructive parents or carers, whether they are openly hostile, or charming but tell a story that doesn't add up, is absolutely vital when children are at risk, as we explore in this month's cover feature.

Harsh lessons in influencing people

    Opinion
  • Thursday, October 28, 2010
    • | CYP Now
The waiting for the comprehensive spending review is finally over but no doubt it will be many months before the true impact of public spending cuts on services for young people will be known.

League tables can be a force for good if given more care

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 14, 2011
    • | CYP Now
League tables appear to be flavour of the month. The Department for Education published local authorities' three-year performance averages for children in care against 15 indicators a fortnight ago. And then children's minister Tim Loughton last week signalled his support for league tables for youth services at the Confederation of Heads of Young People's Services annual convention, which would be scored at least in part by young people.

Grenfell must bequeath legacy of collaboration

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, May 29, 2018
    • | CYP Now
Looking for silver linings to come out of a disaster such as Grenfell Tower would be churlish. However, the way community groups and charities have responded to the tragedy, which claimed 71 lives, 19 of them children, on 14 June last year, is an example of what can be achieved when organisations work in collaboration.

Support for pupil learning is premium consideration

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 30, 2021
    • | CYP Now
The £1.7bn “catch-up” programme for pupils has recently started to have an impact: more than 100,000 children have received additional support since last autumn and the government has appointed Education Endowment Foundation chief Sir Kevan Collins to oversee the scheme.

Trial shows votes at 16 is a verdict to support

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, November 26, 2019
    • | CYP Now
I undertook jury service at the Old Bailey earlier this year. The case I adjudicated on was not a conventional trial, but deciding if the country is ready to lower the voting age to 16 for all UK elections.

We need a national strategy to uphold children’s rights

    Opinion
  • Thursday, November 23, 2023
    • | CYP Now
In May, Children England published the Vision for a ChildFair State, the culmination of four years’ work with a group of young people to define the central pillars of support that should be available to every child in every community.

Government should aspire to early intervention legacy

    Opinion
  • Monday, October 31, 2011
    • | CYP Now
CYP Now joined forces with 4Children to convene a roundtable discussion a fortnight ago with a dozen directors of children's services and chief executives. They were invited to debate a key issue of our times: how to turn the rhetoric on early intervention into tangible improvements in the lives of the mostdisadvantaged children and families. Participants raised a multitude of points. Here are six of the best.

Youth work that's outside the box

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, October 3, 2007
    • | CYP Now
There's a lot expected of the modern youth worker. They're expected to be part community warden, part arts and sports provider, and even part accountant and inspector, managing their own budgets and evaluating projects.

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.

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: This cycle of hate does children no good

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, November 25, 2008
    • | CYP Now
The outburst of vitriol towards social workers emanating from some of the media and online message boards in the wake of Baby P has been comparable in tone to the daily demonisation of young people. They don't need to be repeated here. It is the tone of hate. The Sun newspaper has whipped up a bloodthirsty witch-hunt, inciting readers to sign an online petition for all the Haringey workers involved to be sacked. It's as if identifying and punishing those culpable would somehow resolve the problem and bring closure.

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