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Access to Youth Work: Training developments

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  • Tuesday, October 24, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Youth workers work in a variety of settings including traditional youth clubs, in the community (detached youth work) and increasingly in places such as schools, hospitals and secure environments.

Guide to Qualifications and Training: Education

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  • Friday, September 1, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Education support staff, such as teaching assistants, mental health workers and special educational needs co-ordinators (Sencos) have faced a number of challenges in 2023, including increased demand for support.

Guide to Qualifications and Training: Social Work

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  • 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.

Guide to Qualifications and Training: Youth Work

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  • Friday, September 1, 2023
    • | CYP Now
In the past, youth work was mainly delivered by local authorities but today is provided by a range of organisations such as housing programmes, voluntary organisations, within the NHS and in social care or youth justice.

Guide to Qualifications and Training: Early Help

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  • Friday, September 1, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Early support for children and families looks set for a boost with the creation of family hubs, intended to bring together a range of services for children up to the age of 19, or 25 for those with special educational needs and disabilities.

Guide to Qualifications and Training: Early Help

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  • Thursday, September 1, 2022
    • | CYP Now
The government is investing £200m to extend its Supporting Families programme to March 2025. Supporting Families provides targeted early interventions for families with complex, interconnected problems.

Guide to Qualifications and Training: Directors

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  • Thursday, September 1, 2022
    • | CYP Now
During 2021/22, there were 18 new permanent appointments of directors of children’s services (DCSs), up from 12 the previous year, according to the Association of Directors of Children’s Services. Fewer local authorities are combining children’s and adult services with just 22 “twin hat” directors, the lowest number since 2010.

Guide to Qualifications and Training: Health

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  • Thursday, September 1, 2022
    • | CYP Now
While the NHS remains the biggest employer of children’s health professionals, many work in multi-agency teams. In the children’s sector, roles cover a wide range of areas including nursing, midwifery, health visiting, paediatrics, mental health, substance misuse and sexual health.

Guide to Qualifications and Training: Youth Justice

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  • Thursday, September 1, 2022
    • | CYP Now
Youth justice roles are available in youth offending teams (YOTs), the police, courts, Crown Prosecution Service, secure estate and voluntary sector. There are also roles in the Youth Justice Board (YJB), which oversees the system in England and Wales.

Guide to Qualifications and Training: Early Years

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  • Thursday, September 1, 2022
    • | CYP Now
The early years sector continues to face a recruitment crisis with 84 per cent of settings finding it difficult to recruit suitable staff, according to an Early Years Alliance (EYA) survey published in December 2021. The EYA is calling on the government to provide early years funding rates that enable providers to pay higher salaries, and to run a high-profile recruitment campaign.

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