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Progress in joint working must go on

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 22, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The decision last week to strip the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) of government funding will inevitably raise concerns that any genuine "development" of the workforce will stall. A plan for how the Department for Education intends to take forward the quango's work is yet to be articulated.

CYP Now to host workforce show

    Other
  • 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.

Playwork staff gain government-funded training

    News
  • Wednesday, September 24, 2008
  • | CYP Now
An initiative to upskill staff in the playwork sector has been successful in its early stages with 2000 government-funded training places now being assigned to applicants on the NVQ level 3 in Playwork.

A workforce ready for the challenge

    Features
  • Thursday, November 20, 2008
  • | CYP Now
The government plans to invest heavily in the children's workforce over the next three years. Andy Hillier looks at where the money will be spent and asks how this will affect professionals working with children and young people.

Children and Families Act 2014

    Other
  • 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.

Courses adapt to frontline demands

    Other
  • Monday, July 9, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Youth work provision is becoming increasingly diversified, as needs and budgets vary across the country. Charlotte Goddard investigates whether courses and qualifications are keeping up with the changes

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

    Other
  • 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

Organisational Factors, Job Satisfaction and Intention to Leave Among Newly Qualified Social Workers in England

    Other
  • Tuesday, April 24, 2018
  • | CYP Now
This article reports on a longitudinal study of 280 social work students, focusing on their experiences as newly qualified social workers (NQSWs). It reports on the relative importance of their satisfaction with different work elements (e.g. supervision and job engagement) and uses the findings to construct a model of NQSWs' overall satisfaction and their intention to remain in or leave their job.

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