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Employment: Ready for work

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  • Monday, May 10, 2010
  • | CYP Now
With youth unemployment remaining high, Nancy Rowntree looks at a London scheme that is helping young people find jobs with leading companies.

CWDC publishes qualifications list

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  • Tuesday, November 4, 2008
  • | CYP Now
The Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) has published a new qualifications list, which all early years practitioners must adhere to from September next year.

My Placement: Andrew Ellery

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  • Tuesday, February 15, 2011
  • | CYP Now
I did my placement last year at Basingstoke College of Technology. I'd worked in statutory social work before and wanted to try somewhere a bit different. I was the first social work student to have a placement there.

Training needed in mental health

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  • Monday, November 10, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Youth workers need to be trained to spot the onset of mental health problems in teenagers, according to the head of charity YoungMinds.

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 new curriculum

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  • Monday, June 11, 2012
  • | CYP Now
The revised Early Years Foundation Stage framework comes into force in September. Sue Learner examines the skills that practitioners require to deliver the new curriculum and what training is available

DfE must serve children, not our sitcom writers

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  • Tuesday, January 22, 2013
  • | CYP Now
In what ended up as an explosive exit interview, Tim Loughton lifted the lid on the inner workings of the Department for Education at a select committee hearing last week with the department's former ministers.

Do we need more men?

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  • Tuesday, January 22, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Women outnumber men across the children's workforce, particularly in work with young children. Charlotte Goddard investigates whether it matters and what employers could do to redress the balance

Guide to Qualifications and Training: Education

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  • Friday, September 1, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Education support staff, such as teaching assistants, mental health workers and special educational needs co-ordinators (Sencos) have faced a number of challenges in 2023, including increased demand for support.

Access to Youth Work: Training developments

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  • Tuesday, October 24, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Youth workers work in a variety of settings including traditional youth clubs, in the community (detached youth work) and increasingly in places such as schools, hospitals and secure environments.

Training boost for play sector

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  • Monday, January 18, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The sector skills council for playwork will create a network of high-quality training providers in an effort to increase the number of qualified workers in the sector.

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