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Skills for the Job: Tackling youth homelessness

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Monday, March 31, 2014

| CYP Now

Professionals working with children and young people struggling with homelessness can help them access housing support.

Skills for the Job: Working to prevent knife crime

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Addressing the reasons why a young person is carrying a knife can be central to diverting them from risky behaviour.

Children and Families Act 2014

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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.

Skills for the Job: Tackling obesity in children

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Obesity can have far-reaching consequences on children's lives, so professionals must take action when they spot the warning signs.

Skills for the Job: Respond to domestic violence

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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Knowing how to respond to children experiencing domestic violence can make all the difference in ensuring they get the right support.

The 2014 Report

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Sector leaders look at the year ahead for children and young people.

Skills for the Job: Creating an employee-led mutual

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

A handful of staff-led youth work mutuals are due to start this year, but how do you go about setting one up successfully?

Daily roundup: Employment training, Scottish reforms, and premature babies

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Friday, November 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Vulnerable young people in Liverpool to receive job skills training; Scottish committee backs children's reforms; and expert calls for more mother contact for premature babies, all in the news today.

Skills for the Job: Support sexually exploited children

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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Professionals must be alert to the different ways in which children and young people are vulnerable to being sexually exploited.

Skills for the Job: Working with children of prisoners

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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

| CYP Now

Children who have a parent in prison experience many disadvantages, but support is available to help them to overcome these.

Skills for the Job: How to spot victims of FGM

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Female genital mutilation often stays hidden within families, but there are warning signs that practitioners should look out for.

Skills for the Job: Discuss the dangers of smoking

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Exposure to nicotine at a young age increases the risk of addiction, making the teenage years a key time to discuss smoking.

Councils outsmart Youth Contract

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Two localised versions of the Youth Contract appear to put the national youth employment scheme to shame.

Youth work courses continue to evolve

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Student numbers on youth work courses are in decline, while some universities are axing their degrees altogether, but Charlotte Goddard finds institutions adapting learning to meet changing needs in the sector.

Skills for the Job: Understanding the dangers of porn

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

| CYP Now

With pornography becoming increasingly available online, professionals must recognise its impact on children who view it.

Youth job deal fails to take off

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Saturday, June 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Government bid to tackle youth unemployment by paying businesses to take on young people is not working.

Skills for the Job: Be aware of ‘sexting'

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Monday, May 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Understanding how young people share sexually explicit material via their phones is vital if practitioners are to address the problem

Skills for the Job: Gender dysphoria

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Monday, April 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Children can face hostility if their behaviour does not conform to gender stereotypes, says Margaret Griffiths of charity Mermaids UK

Skills for the Job: Young people and recruitment

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Involving young people in the process of recruitment offers them invaluable interview training and increases employability

Daily roundup: Free school meals, single parents and school sports

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Free school meals under threat from budget cuts; single-parent families hit by benefits cap and MPs to investigate impact of the Olympics on school sports, all in the news today.

The awards that really matter

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Monday, April 15, 2013

| CYP Now

The Children & Young People Now Awards represent the gold standard in services for children, young people and families across the UK. They recognise the most innovative and effective work in transforming young lives and building a better society. Too much of this work goes unnoticed and unappreciated - these awards set to put that right and spread good practice.

Skills for the Job: Tackling alcohol misuse

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Monday, April 1, 2013

| CYP Now

Many young people feel pressure from their peers to drink, so it is vital to alert them to the risk that alcohol misuse poses to their health

Skills for the Job: Supporting independent living

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Living alone for the first time can be a challenging experience for young people, but support to help ease the transition is out there

Skills for the Job: Tackling peer pressure

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Peer pressure can have a destructive effect on young people's lives, so help them to build resilience to the manipulations of others

Children and Families Bill must heed children's views

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

The Children and Families Bill, which began its second reading in parliament last week, focuses in large part on the most vulnerable children in society.

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Skills for the Job: Tackling youth homelessness

Skills for the Job: Working to prevent knife crime

Children and Families Act 2014

Skills for the Job: Tackling obesity in children

Skills for the Job: Respond to domestic violence

The 2014 Report

Skills for the Job: Creating an employee-led mutual

Daily roundup: Employment training, Scottish reforms, and premature babies

Skills for the Job: Support sexually exploited children

Skills for the Job: Working with children of prisoners

Skills for the Job: How to spot victims of FGM

Skills for the Job: Discuss the dangers of smoking

Councils outsmart Youth Contract

Youth work courses continue to evolve

Skills for the Job: Understanding the dangers of porn

Youth job deal fails to take off

Skills for the Job: Be aware of ‘sexting'

Skills for the Job: Gender dysphoria

Skills for the Job: Young people and recruitment

Daily roundup: Free school meals, single parents and school sports

The awards that really matter

Skills for the Job: Tackling alcohol misuse

Skills for the Job: Supporting independent living

Skills for the Job: Tackling peer pressure

Children and Families Bill must heed children's views

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