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Analysis: Uniting the workforce

9 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

In one day, the government issued three new documents proposing changes to the children's and youth services workforce. But, as Cathy Wallace and Tristan Donovan report, the biggest changes are...

Feature - Family law gets faster

2 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

This week sees the nationwide roll-out of the Public Law Outline, a new system for taking children into care. Joe Lepper investigates how it is going to work in practice.

Feature - Bridgend suicides: the real picture

2 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

Since January 2007, 17 young people in Bridgend, South Wales, have committed suicide. Some blame the media for stoking the problem. Amid talk of suicide pacts, Tom de Castella asks...

Analysis: Action against violent video games

2 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

Tanya Byron's report on protecting children from unsuitable video games, published last week, claims the current age rating system needs changing. But some feel her ideas could be confusing and...

Special Report: Advice Services - Connexions: what next?

26 March 2008, Children & Young People Now

A CYP Now survey has found that almost one in five Connexions services intend to cut jobs as part of the 1 April move to local authority control. Tristan Donovan...

Feature - Generation of the apprentice

6 February 2008, Children & Young People Now

The government wants 90,000 more apprenticeship places created as part of its plan to raise the education leaving age to 18 by 2015. Tom de Castella finds out what it...

Positive Images: Beyond the media stereotype

23 January 2008, Children & Young People Now

CYP Now is calling for entries to the Positive Images Awards 2008. Open to youth organisations and the media, the awards aim to combat the negative portrayal of young people...

Analysis: Safeguarding - Exposures trigger staff vetting fears

23 January 2008, Children & Young People Now

A sex offender and a man alleged to be accessing child pornography were last week exposed to be working with young people. The revelations have renewed concerns on child protection...

Log on to ... Setting up a home

10 January 2008, Youth Work Now

It can be a daunting experience creating a home for the first time, especially for a teenager who has been forced to do so due to difficult circumstances. Tim Burke...

Analysis: Children's plan - Blueprint for a brighter future

9 January 2008, Children & Young People Now

The Children's Plan, unveiled last month, sets out strategies to improve services for children, young people and their families over the next ten years. Here, CYP Now extracts the main...