- Breaking down barriers to working together in the children's workforce 20Aug
- A culture of heavy workloads and poor prioritising is preventing middle managers developing their skills in the children's workforce, an independent survey has found.
- Independent report identifies ways forward for leadership development in the children's workforce 18Aug
- A new independent report, commissioned by CWDC, has made recommendations on how to improve leadership and management development for middle managers across the children's workforce.
- CWDC publishes Annual Report 2007 - 08 7Aug
- The report highlights a year of achievement and growth for CWDC, including establishing the Early Years Professional programme, and consolidating the involvement of children and young people in all our activities.
- Pilots of new routes to Early Years Professional Status 5Aug
- CWDC will be working with a small number of existing Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) training providers to pilot elements of two potential new routes to EYPS.
- CWDC supports innovative developments in social care 4Aug
- We have produced an interim evaluation report on the New Types of Worker project, which provided funds for nine pilot projects across England to develop new roles to improve the effectiveness of current services.
- Children and young people communicate impact of the Common Core 1Aug
- CWDC has worked with six groups of children and young people across England to explore how the Common Core is impacting on the roles of their workers. Each group was asked to produce leaflets and posters on the Common Core skills designed from the perspec
- Developing diploma resources 31Jul
- CWDC has played a key part in developing promotional resource tools for the pioneering new Society, Health and Development Diploma, aimed primarily at 14 to 19-year olds.
- EYPs going for gold 25Jul
- Olympic gold medallist Sally Gunnell led the proceedings at a fantastic Early Years Professional Celebration Ceremony in London.
- CWDC invites children and young people to help shape work 22Jul
- For us, participation means ensuring the structures, resources and processes are in place so we and our workforce can take action, make changes and be steered by what children, young people and their families tell us. One of the ways that we make sure thi
- Children's workforce geared up to local authorities meet Local Area Agreement priorities 11Jul
- CWDC is urging all Local Authorities to consider the specific roles that Educational Psychologists, Learning Mentors, Education Welfare Officers and Connexions Personal Advisers can play in meeting these agreement priorities.
- Sector Endorsement of Foundation degrees 10Jul
- CWDC are now inviting training providers to apply for Sector Endorsement of Foundation degrees in Early Years and Working with Young People
- Parents call for more Early Years Professionals 8Jul
- Parents are calling for high level skills to support their child's wellbeing and development in early years settings, a new survey has found.
- CWDC invites funding bids to encourage children and young people to get involved in workforce development 6Jun
- CWDC is offering up £270,000 of funding to get children and young people involved in the modelling of their workforce.
- CWDC set to make sector endorsement for Early Years Foundation Degrees more meaningful 4Jun
- A new way of endorsing Early Years Foundation Degrees is set to build on providers' commitment to excellent training and reduce bureaucracy.
- Call for Educational Psychologists to tell their story 3Jun
- As part of its campaign to champion the role of Educational Psychologists to employers and the wider children's workforce, CWDC is looking for case studies of Educational Psychologists at all levels to act as advocates for their profession.