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A stab in the back for Connexions

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 13, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The Local Government Association (LGA) last week issued research purporting to show the overwhelming majority of young people find formal careers advice only "a little bit" or "not at all" helpful.

Guidance is vital to turn youth policy into action

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 9, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Nine months after its conception last March, the government's youth policy arrived into this world six days before Christmas, not exactly kicking and screaming and without much fanfare. Positive for Youth was born after what seemed an interminable but thoroughgoing consultation with the youth sector and young people alike.

Help small charities prove their worth

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 29, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The Teens and Toddlers programme featured this week has managed to build up a solid evidence base of its effectiveness in helping young people, giving it the opportunity to expand across the UK.

Gove gives joint working a rude jolt

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, April 6, 2010
  • | CYP Now
Michael Gove's revelation to CYP Now that a Conservative government will remove obligations on local authorities to have children's trusts in place will come as a thunderbolt for children's services, particularly in their efforts to safeguard children and enable them to thrive.

Editorial: There is no magic bullet to halt gang violence

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, May 13, 2008
  • | CYP Now
The problem of gang-related knife crime unfortunately shows no sign of abating. It is now wedged firmly into the national consciousness, summing up the feeling of malaise that this government's detractors have branded as "Broken Britain".

Impact of the SIF will be felt for many years

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, January 2, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Two years ago, Ofsted national director for social care Eleanor Schooling said she expected children's services judgments under the single inspection framework (SIF) to begin improving.

Three key sector issues for a general election year

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, January 3, 2024
  • | CYP Now
In all likelihood 2024 will be a general election year, with the outcome at the polls setting the policy agenda for the rest of the decade. For children and families services, three issues could play a key role in the campaign.

How childcare can survive recession

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, June 23, 2009
  • | CYP Now
The huge expansion in childcare over the past decade is one of this government's most visible achievements. Latest estimates suggest that 2.8 million families use childcare. We are now a childcare nation.

Social workers must be prepared

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 22, 2010
  • | CYP Now
An alarming 93 per cent of social workers believe that new staff entering the profession lack the necessary skills to do the job properly.

Youth work should be in the limelight

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 23, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The Benefits of Youth Work initiative, targeted at local decision-makers and purse-string holders to persuade them of youth work's value, is sorely needed.

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