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Editorial: The biggest workforce changes are yet to come

9 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) last week issued a flurry of announcements to help develop the children and young people's workforce. Documents on next steps for the...

Vetting checks can be done in a week

9 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

Most safeguarding checks on people applying to work with children will be carried out in seven days, according to the head of the new Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA).

Croydon to expand early years offering

9 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

Croydon council is expanding its team of early years advisers to ensure better joined-up working between children's centres and other children's services across the London borough.

Youth work units form network

9 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

England's regional youth work units have come together to create a national network.

Interview: One woman show - Maggie Atkinson, president, Association of Directors of Children's Services

9 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

When a woman takes the reins of a large national organisation, her gender alone quite often makes the headlines.

Analysis: Investment in 'play for play's sake'

9 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

England's play strategy Fair Play, out now for consultation, aims to dramatically improve children's playgrounds and develop the play workforce. Cathy Wallace looks at how it proposes to do so...

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...

Unions welcome workforce investment

4 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

Union leaders have welcomed the investment in the children and youth workforce announced by the government.

Children and youth workforce faces overhaul to meet government aims

3 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

Plans to develop the children and youth workforce so it can meet ambitious aims for service reform have been announced by the government.

Balls threatens to tighten children's trust laws

3 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

Children's Secretary Ed Balls has said he is prepared to introduce further legislation to strengthen partnership working.