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Who would gain from a licence?

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 27, 2010
    • | CYP Now
At the tail end of the summer, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills announced that it had no plans to introduce occupational licences, including one for youth work.

Editorial: The decline of the male youth worker

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, July 2, 2008
    • | CYP Now
It's hard to imagine nowadays a time when male youth workers outnumbered female youth workers. But back in the early 1980s it was not unusual for youth services to employ twice as many male youth workers as women.

Finally, youth sector receives a boost

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 8, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Given that he spent seven years limbering up for the job in opposition, there was some relief when Tim Loughton was named as a children's minister in the coalition six months ago.

The old youth work mottos still ring true

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, July 21, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Sometimes we can be inclined to reject the quaint statements that kicked off various youth organisations as suited only for historical archives rather than as a basis for informing contemporary thinking about youth work philosophy and practice. But we do so at our peril.

Last Word: Face the fear of weekend opening

    Opinion
  • Friday, July 24, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Great youth workers are fearless. Not reckless. That is something altogether different. But fearless. It's described in the dictionary as being audacious, intrepid and hardy. And it's a big part of the way they do their job.

Iran exposes our youth policy dilemmas

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, July 28, 2009
    • | CYP Now
A youth and community work course for which I was an external examiner required students to undertake the following assignment: "Freedom, without discipline, is anarchy. Discipline, without freedom, is tyranny. You have to find the path between the two." Discuss, with particular reference to youth work.

Focus of spending must be balanced

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 8, 2009
    • | CYP Now
It's official: the UK spends more money on child welfare and education than the average market economy. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report out last week, we spend just over 90,000 per child from birth to 18 compared to an OECD average among 30 member countries of just under 80,000.

Youth clubs do not foster risk takers

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, December 22, 2009
    • | CYP Now
I must confess to having been a bit worried about the results of the recent Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) report Risky Behaviour and Social Activities, as it seemed to suggest that those who attend youth clubs were more likely to be involved in risky behaviour such as fighting, shoplifting and vandalism.

Can social investment really change the world?

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 6, 2012
    • | CYP Now
"There are few moments like this when something happens that can really change the world". That was the proclamation of Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude last summer as plans gathered pace to develop the UK market for social investment. Was he going a bit over the top? Perhaps; but only perhaps.

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