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Feature - Young offenders: Life after jail

30 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

As Whitehall officials work on a green paper to improve services for young people leaving custody, Ben Willis asks young people and the professionals working with them what policies and...

Analysis: Services fail on cusp of adulthood

30 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

A serious case review by Newcastle Safeguarding Children Board has raised questions about the quality of public services for 16- and 17-year-olds. Ben Cook examines the legal grey area faced...

Analysis - Is the DCSF too unwieldy to deliver?

30 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

A report by a cross-party group of MPs has raised concerns that the Department for Children, Schools and Families lacks focus on coherent policy and outcomes. Helen Gilbert investigates whether...

Feature - Children's rights: Human rights are for children too

23 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

What's in the Human Rights Act? And how is it relevant to children? Tom de Castella finds out how it can be used to support them.

Feature - Children's services: Faith first

16 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

Research shows Muslim fathers are not using statutory services. Chloe Stothart finds out how this could be changed.

Analysis: London Mayoral Election - Fit to represent young Londoners?

16 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

On 1 May, the capital votes for its new Mayor. Cathy Wallace looks at what the candidates will do for children and young people.

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: 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.

Interview: Not just for boys - Michael Nerini, service manager, Clare Lodge Secure Children's Home

2 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

When you think of a secure children's home (SCH) what image springs to mind? Young male offenders? If that's a "yes" then you hold the stereotype Michael Nerini, service manager...