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Welsh care reforms place post-18 duty on councils

Monday, February 3, 2014

| CYP Now

The Welsh government has defended proposed care reforms that it says will place new duties on local authorities to provide funding for post-18 foster care.

Government rejects calls for reforms to young migrant support

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has rejected a raft of recommendations from the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) surrounding the treatment of unaccompanied migrant children.

YJB toolkit aims to cut youth reoffending rates

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

| CYP Now

A new resource that helps youth offending teams (YOTs) analyse in depth offenders' behaviour in an attempt to prevent further offences being committed is to be launched next week.

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The effectiveness of a specialist court to tackle parental substance misuse could be undermined as a result of the introduction of the 26-week care proceedings target, academics have warned.

Call for more continuity in youth court system

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Thursday, May 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Young offenders should be assigned a magistrate who monitors their rehabilitation and deals with any subsequent offences, a criminal justice expert has said.

Commission finds ‘adult bias' in offender diversion services

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

A panel of criminal justice and mental health experts has called for greater scrutiny into how liaison and diversion services for young people are being implemented across England.

Labour Party Conference: Shadow justice secretary backs support for children of prisoners

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Monday, September 22, 2014

| CYP Now

A Labour government will work to ascertain how many children have a parent in prison, shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan has pledged.

Children's Society exposes failings in advocacy services for disabled children

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Monday, September 26, 2011

| CYP Now

The Children's Society is calling for an overhaul of advocacy support for disabled children after latest research showed widespread problems with current services.

Legal aid and sentencing bill receives Royal Assent

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

| CYP Now

Landmark changes to the youth justice system are set to come into effect over the next year after the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (Laspo) Bill received Royal Assent today (1 May).

Refugee children missing out on legal advice, says report

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Thursday, May 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Professionals who work with refugee and migrant children are struggling to access legal advice on behalf of young clients, research by the Coram Children's Legal Centre has found.

Council forced to U-turn on cuts to deaf children's services

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Friday, September 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Stoke-on-Trent council has made a U-turn on plans to cut services for deaf children following a High Court challenge by the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS).

Adoption leaders move to stem drop in placement orders

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

| CYP Now

The body set up to oversee the adoption system has issued guidance in an effort to halt a sharp slump in the number of court orders being made for children to be adopted.

No evidence of Home Office abuse cover up, inquiry finds

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

| CYP Now

A review led by NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless has found no evidence that Home Office officials covered up allegations of child sexual abuse over a 20-year period.

Fears over release force some young people back to custody

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Young people released from custody are struggling to cope with outside life to such an extent that some prefer to reoffend so they can be sent back inside, a report by Beyond Youth Custody has found.

Ombudsman criticises council's failure to support homeless 16-year-old

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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been rebuked for the second time in two years by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) for its treatment of homeless young people.

Children's rights alliance attacks offender restraint report for backing pain compliance

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Thursday, March 10, 2011

| CYP Now

An independent report into physical restraint of young offenders has been criticised for continuing to support the use of so-called "pain compliance" techniques.

Children's commissioner backs restraint ban

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Monday, March 21, 2011

| CYP Now

The use of pain to control children in the secure estate must be abolished in England and Wales to comply with international standards the children's commissioner has warned.

Senior police officer questions age of criminal responsibility

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Thursday, May 19, 2011

| CYP Now

One of the country's most senior police officers has suggested the age of criminal responsibility should be treated with more flexibility and greater weight be placed on the maturity of young offenders.

MPs urged to end custody of young people

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

| CYP Now

The Children's Rights Alliance for England (Crae) is urging MPs to end the use of custody for all but the most dangerous young offenders.

High Court rules detention of families was unlawful

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

| CYP Now

The detention of two families at Yarl's Wood immigration centre last year was unlawful, the High Court has ruled.

Essex delays plans to shut children's homes

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Monday, November 28, 2011

| CYP Now

Essex County Council has postponed plans to close seven of its children's homes, after a 17-year-old boy took the local authority to court.

Legality of plans to deport asylum-seeking Afghan children questioned

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Thursday, November 24, 2011

| CYP Now

Proposals to return unaccompanied asylum-seeking children to Afghanistan could be unlawful, Coram Children's Legal Centre has warned.

Revamped commissioner role to put spotlight on children's rights

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Friday, December 16, 2011

| CYP Now

The government is set to legislate to strengthen the role of the children's commissioner for England, with a greater emphasis on protecting the rights of the most vulnerable children.

Child suicides fail to decline in 30 years

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Around a third of all deaths of children and young people are now linked to assault or self-injury, analysis of data has found.

Schools 'use more CCTV than local authorities'

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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

| CYP Now

More than 100,000 CCTV cameras are being used in secondary schools across Britain - topping the number controlled by local authorities, a report from Big Brother Watch has claimed.

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Welsh care reforms place post-18 duty on councils

Government rejects calls for reforms to young migrant support

YJB toolkit aims to cut youth reoffending rates

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

Call for more continuity in youth court system

Commission finds ‘adult bias' in offender diversion services

Labour Party Conference: Shadow justice secretary backs support for children of prisoners

Children's Society exposes failings in advocacy services for disabled children

Legal aid and sentencing bill receives Royal Assent

Refugee children missing out on legal advice, says report

Council forced to U-turn on cuts to deaf children's services

Adoption leaders move to stem drop in placement orders

No evidence of Home Office abuse cover up, inquiry finds

Fears over release force some young people back to custody

Ombudsman criticises council's failure to support homeless 16-year-old

Children's rights alliance attacks offender restraint report for backing pain compliance

Children's commissioner backs restraint ban

Senior police officer questions age of criminal responsibility

MPs urged to end custody of young people

High Court rules detention of families was unlawful

Essex delays plans to shut children's homes

Legality of plans to deport asylum-seeking Afghan children questioned

Revamped commissioner role to put spotlight on children's rights

Child suicides fail to decline in 30 years

Schools 'use more CCTV than local authorities'

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