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Pedagogues face cultural barriers

5 December 2007, Children & Young People Now

A number of barriers must be overcome if the UK is to introduce European-style social pedagogues, a senior researcher at the Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU) has said.

Minister claims delays will make ContactPoint more effective

4 December 2007, Children & Young People Now

Delays to the implementation of the information sharing database for children and young people will mean it runs more effectively, according to ministers.

School support staff lose out on pay

3 December 2007, Children & Young People Now

School support staff are often not paid fully for the job they actually do, a study from trade union UNISON has found.

Teaching union withdraws from NI pay review body

30 November 2007, Children & Young People Now

The largest teaching union is Northern Ireland has pulled out of the forum that negotiates pay and conditions for teachers.

Legal aid contract is harming the young

28 November 2007, Children & Young People Now

Recent changes to legal aid are driving children's lawyers out of the profession and jeopardising efforts to speed up care proceedings, the Association of Lawyers for Children (ALC) has warned.

Joint work training for early years staff

28 November 2007, Children & Young People Now

Charity 4Children has launched a training programme to help early years workers get to grips with joint working.

Warning over volunteer action plan's lack of financial backing

28 November 2007, Children & Young People Now

An action plan to attract more volunteers into youth work has been unveiled by the Scottish Government - but no new money has been allocated to it.

Care reforms to challenge services

27 November 2007, Children & Young People Now

Peers have warned that plans to improve services for children in care could place further demands on overstretched social work services.

Children voice concerns over information sharing

21 November 2007, Children & Young People Now

Children and young people are concerned that personal information held on the government's ContactPoint database could fall into the wrong hands.

Feature - Information sharing: Your eCAF questions answered

21 November 2007, Children & Young People Now

The electronic Common Assessment Framework (eCAF) is now being set up. Sue Learner gets the government to answer questions put by the children's workforce.