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You’re Welcome’ – promoting young people friendly health services
The ‘You’re Welcome’ quality criteria sets out principles to help services with a significant health component, including non-NHS services, be young people friendly.
The quality criteria cover ten areas:-
ContactPoint to start national rollout
06 November 2009
Faster and better contact between children’s services professionals across England will now become a reality as ContactPoint starts to be rolled out nationally to local authorities and frontline practitioners, Children’s Secretary Ed Balls and Children’s Minister Delyth Morgan confirmed today.
Pilot for Award/ Certificate for the Vulnerable Young People’s Workers
The Working with Vulnerable Young People’s qualifications are newly available. In order to ensure that the new qualifications are as useful to as many parts of the Children’s Workforce as possible, Skills for Justice on behalf of the Childrens Workforce Network will pilot this qualification in two English regions with 20 candidates.
Integrated Workforce National Conferences 2009 - Birmingham - 24.11.09
CWDC is delighted to invite you to our first integrated workforce conferences
This conference will help delegates understand the vision of the One Children’s Workforce Framework and how they can play their part in this.
What will you gain?
The day will provide you with an understanding of what an integrated workforce looks like, how it can be achieved and practical ideas for putting this into practice. You will also have the opportunity to take part in interactive workshops and network with sector colleagues.
Celebrating integrated working success
CWDC want to hear your success stories to help demonstrate the positive impact integrated working has on children, young people and their families.
CWDC want to hear success stories from families who have benefited from integrated working. If you’ve made a positive difference to a family, CWDC would love to hear about it. Your experiences will be used as case studies to show the real changes integrated working is making to people’s lives.
The Children’s Workforce Development Council launches new induction workbook
Over the last few months, the CWDC have been revising the inductions standards workbook, in consultation with the CWDC induction standards user group. The materials are designed to help support inductees and their managers through the induction process. CWDC have also produced mapping documents to show how the induction standards link to the Common Core of Skills and Knowledge. The new online resources include a workbook that all inductees can download and save to complete as well as supporting factsheets to explain the process.
Addressing skills gaps to benefit children and young people.
The first Working Group to develop National Occupational Standards (NOS) for the Justice Sector's Children and Young People's Workforce was held on 25 June. A further event is in the process of being organised and we will provide details on our the Skills for Justice website
New Careers Education Strategy - launched with help from Sir Alex Ferguson
A radical change in careers information, advice and guidance (IAG) was unveiled on 26th october 2009 at a launch attended by Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Ed Balls, Sir Alex Ferguson, Manager of Manchester United Football Club and Schools Minister Iain Wright.
Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)
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The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is the UK internet 'Hotline' for the public to report their inadvertent exposure to online child sexual abuse content hosted anywhere in the world and criminally obscene and incitement to racial hatred content hosted in the UK.
Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS) Update October 2009
The official Guidance in relation to the introduction of the initial phase of the Vetting Barring Scheme (VBS) is available by clicking on the following link: http://www.isa-gov.org/default.aspx?page=402 The three key changes at 12 October 2009 for employers and employees (including managers of, and volunteers in, unpaid work) are:
New NSPCC Educare distance learning programme: Preventing Bullying
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Preventing Bullying Behaviour is a new NSPCC EduCare distance learning programme for anyone who comes into contact with children and young people through their work, voluntary or leisure activities. The programme is now available as e-learning and in hard copy.
For details, please visit: www.nspcc.org.uk/pbb
