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Qualification requirements and training provision for working with children and young people is continuously adapting in line with changes in policy and practice. Charlotte Goddard provides a comprehensive overview.

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children and young people's issues featured prominently during Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour leader. So what is he pledging to do, and what do sector leaders think of his emerging policies?

Funding cuts lead councils to seek new ways of delivering youth work

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

A new round of government funding through the Delivering Differently for Young People programme will aim to help more local authorities develop effective models of providing youth services at a reduced cost

Daily roundup: Safeguarding, school security, and children in care

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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Campaigners warn over risk to children of drug addict parents; school security concerns raised after teacher death; and Norfolk Council struggles to reduce looked-after children numbers, all in the news today.

Practical skills no panacea for social worker training

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Review: Personalisation in Practice: Supporting Young People with Disabilities through the Transition to Adulthood

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Suzie Franklin with Helen Sanderson - Jessica Kingsley Publishers - ISBN: 978-1-84905-443-0 - £13.99 - 128pp

Daily roundup: Wiltshire inspection, health guidance and teaching qualifications

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Friday, August 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted upgrades children's services in Wiltshire; Scotland's children's commissioner calls for urgent review of teachers' health guidance; and an early years professional complains over teacher training rejection, all in the news today.

DfE announces voluntary sector funding

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Friday, May 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Promotion of adoption 'parties' and connecting vulnerable young people with arts and cultural facilities are among the projects that have received government voluntary sector funding.

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, alcohol abuse and serious case review

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Scottish children's commissioner condemns welfare reform, children as young as seven hospitalised by alcohol use, and Philpott deaths prompt serious case review, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax concession, sexual abuse and child trafficking

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Severely disabled children exempted from bedroom tax, Barnardo's to study girls who commit sexual abuse, and calls for the government to protect victims of trafficking, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: 400 primary academies, 'secret' database, and school exclusions

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Monday, November 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Plans to turn 400 primary schools into academies announced, concerns over "secret" database of children's details, and the number of special educational needs exclusions rises in Wales, all in the news roundup today.

Daily roundup: Disability payments, Youth Work Week and SEN support in Bromley

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Fears that the new disability payment system could hamper independent living for young people, MPs urged to spend time with local youth workers, and Bromley berated over delays in SEN support, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Asylum-seeking children, a mobile youth club and antisocial behaviour

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Friday, September 21, 2012

| CYP Now

The Children's Society warns that the asylum processes is frightening children, a mobile youth scheme expands, and a study into dealing with antisocial behaviour, all in the news today.

Families win right to personal budgets for SEN support

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Parents are to be given the legal right to personal budgets to pay for their children's care, under the biggest shake up of the special educational needs (SEN) system in 30 years.

SEN legislation ‘built on quicksand'

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Campaigners for disabled children have warned ministers that legislation aimed at simplifying processes for children with special educational needs (SEN) will falter because of widespread reductions in specialist support services.