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CYP Now's top 10 stories of 2015

    News
  • Tuesday, December 22, 2015
  • | CYP Now
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.

Training needed in mental health

    Other
  • 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.

DfE must serve children, not our sitcom writers

    Other
  • 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?

    Other
  • 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

Why we changed careers to work with children

    Features
  • Tuesday, January 28, 2020
  • | CYP Now
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.

Training boost for play sector

    Other
  • 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.

Interview: Baroness Beverley Hughes, Labour peer

Beverley Hughes, the former children's minister who was awarded a peerage in May, is preparing to get stuck into her new role in the House of Lords, in which she says her old brief will be her top priority.

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