Resources - Children and Young People

How to involve children and young people in commissioning

This How To guide provides an introduction to commissioning from a variety of perspectives. It describes the different parts of the process and ways that you can support children and young people to participate in all aspects of commissioning.

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Evaluating engagement with the VCS: Self-evaluation toolkit (SET)

This report has been produced by NCB following work undertaken for VCS Engage, a programme funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), to strengthen the engagement of the voluntary and community sector (VCS) in delivering the Every Child Matters: Change for Children agenda. The toolkit enables representatives from local authorities, children's trusts and the VCS to assess existing levels of engagement and review current practice.

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Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC)

Working with children and young people? The Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) is the Sector Skills Council for you. Their remit covers volunteers and paid workers working in the following areas:

• Early Years
• Learning Development and Support Workers
• Foster Carers
• Educational Psychologists
• Social Care

Third sector services for children, young people and families
Find out more about the services CWDC can provide at website http://www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/

You can also register for their newsletter at website http://www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/e-bulletin

Website: http://www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/tenders

Glossary

If you work with children, young people and their families you'll come across an alphabet soup of acronyms. Access the Children Workforce Development Council's excellent glossary at website http://www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/resources/glossary