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Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training 2023/24

Friday, September 1, 2023

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With many parts of the sector facing recruitment challenges, Joe Lepper identifies developments in entry-level requirements and ongoing professional development for children's services practitioners.

Inside CYP Now this month: Residential youth work, Care Review pilot, youth justice trends

Thursday, August 31, 2023

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The September edition of Children & Young People Now has all the latest news, views and analysis on the key issues affecting services for children, young people and families.

Why we changed careers to work with children

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

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Many children’s and youth services are experiencing staffing shortages and need to recruit new blood. Tom de Castella explores why some people change career to work in the sector.

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

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Amid constant reforms and challenges, Charlotte Goddard identifies entry-level requirements and ongoing professional development for key roles across the children and young people's workforce.

CYP Now's top 10 stories of 2016

Monday, December 19, 2016

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With the UK voting to leave the European Union, a new Prime Minister and government installed, policy u-turns, and an influx of children and families from war-torn Syria, 2016 has been a turbulent year. Here is a run-down of the most-read stories published on the CYP Now website over the past 12 months.

Council plans to cut early help services by £4m

Monday, September 19, 2016

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A council has announced plans to cut early help funding by £4m one the next four years, with 11 children's centres at risk.

Ask the Experts: Help fussy eaters explore food

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

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Our expert panel offers advice on children who are particular about what they eat, the "whole family" approach and sport as part of youth work.

Ask the Experts: Retain a strong voice for children

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

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Our panel offers advice on the future of DCSs, helping children of substance misusers, improving speech skills and conflict resolution.

Big-picture inspection: guide to the new JTAI

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

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New Joint Targeted Area Inspections to assess how different agencies are working together to support vulnerable children have just been launched. Joe Lepper explores how they work.

Leadership: Staff motivation and retention

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

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All children's services teams face the challenge of keeping staff turnover low against a landscape of tight budgets, so it is essential employers master the skills to retain, motivate and reward employees.

Innovation and collaboration lands tri-borough ‘outstanding' ratings

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

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A new social work practice model, low caseloads and joined-up services have helped two of the three councils in a merged children's services department become the first to be judged "outstanding" by Ofsted's inspection system.

The policy context on Attachment and Neglect

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

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In recent years there has been a growing recognition of the scale of child neglect, its long-term effect on children's wellbeing and how interventions can prevent and repair the damage caused to children's ability to form strong attachments with parents and carers.

Sharing, caring president: Dave Hill, ADCS president, 2016/17

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

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Neil Puffett meets Dave Hill, president of the ADCS, 2016/17.

The future of children's services: proactive, predictive and digital

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

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If children's services are to deliver improved outcomes with declining resources, the sector must embrace technology, joint working and volunteers, says Pillars and Foundations, a radical paper from the ADCS.

Committed local democrat: Roy Perry, chair, LGA children and young people board

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

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Derren Hayes meets Roy Perry, chair of the LGA children and young people board.

Ask the Experts: Run supportive training sessions

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

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Our panel offers advice on delivering sensitive training, school place planning, bilingual nursery support and a bereaved young carer.

No quick fixes in turning around children's services

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

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Management standards, specifically how to deal with inadequate leadership, were very much in the news at the end of December.

CYP Now's top 10 stories of 2015

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

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With a general election, new policy announcements, ongoing austerity measures and high-profile charity closures, 2015 was another busy year in the children and young people sector. Here is a rundown of the most-read stories published on the CYP Now website over the past 12 months.

Awards highlight how hard work improves children's lives

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

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Every year, two events are guaranteed to re-energise my diminishing bank of optimism - the judging for the CYP Now Awards, and the awards ceremony itself.

Quiz of the year 2015

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

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An election result that defied pollsters, turmoil in children's charity funding and plummeting adoption figures - 2015 was a turbulent year. Test your knowledge of the past 12 months' events in children's services by taking the CYP Now quiz!

Ask the Experts: Suspected theft in the workplace

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

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Our panel offers advice on investigating theft, youth club discussions, pupil premium use and safeguarding in the "night-time economy".

Signs of progress in Doncaster

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

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Head of Doncaster's children's trust says improvements have been made, but warns it is not "out of the woods".

Ask the Experts: Accessing mental health funding

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

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Our panel offers advice on mental health services funding, inappropriate sexual behaviour, safeguarding and a nursery compost heap.

Architect of inspection: Jacky Tiotto, director of children's services, Bexley

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

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Derren Hayes meets Jacky Tiotto, director of children's services at Bexley Council.

Ask the Experts: Address suspicions over legal highs

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

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Our panel offers advice on the dangers of legal highs, child protection changes, building a bug hotel and holding a winter bazaar.

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