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Children face six-month wait for mental health assessments

Thursday, November 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Children are waiting up to six months for a face-to-face assessment by specialist local mental health services, it has emerged.

Parenting support cuts child conduct disorder

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Friday, January 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Parenting support programmes significantly cut the risk of children developing behavioural problems and becoming offenders in adolescence and adulthood, a new study suggests.

Daily roundup: Early intervention, emotional health, and troubled families

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Friday, March 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Sector calls for an "early intervention Budget", emotional support for primary school children, and troubled families research announced, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Serious case review, school places, and FGM

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Report highlights safeguarding flaws in Devon; survey finds support for handing school planning powers to councils, and call for teacher vigilance on FGM, all in the news today.

Performance-related payments ‘too risky' for charities, analysis warns

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Public sector payment methods that link funding to performance outcomes are putting off many charities from bidding to deliver government programmes, research by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) has found.

Commissioners slam child mental health inpatient service

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Friday, June 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Local government commissioners have criticised the management of the children's mental health inpatient service since it was transferred to NHS England last year.

World Mental Health Day: Key concerns, best practice and research around young people’s mental health

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Friday, October 8, 2021

| CYP Now

Mental health in an unequal world is the theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day.

Major trial finds ‘promising' results for sexual abuse therapy

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Monday, February 22, 2016

| CYP Now

Therapeutic support delivered by social workers can reduce the numbers of children experiencing the highest levels of trauma following sexual abuse, a major study has found.

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has issued updated advice on crisis mental health care that states police cells should never be used to hold children and young people.

Parental conflict ‘damages children's mental health'

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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

| CYP Now

Exposure to conflict between their parents can put children's mental health and long-term life chances at risk, a government-funded study has found.

Revised assessment to offer comprehensive picture of young offender needs

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Friday, November 11, 2011

| CYP Now

An assessment tool for young offenders that will forge closer links with health and children's services is set to be introduced to produce a fuller picture of the needs of children in the youth justice system.

Nice urges help for families of autistic children

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Health and social services should identify the support needs of siblings and parents of children on the autism spectrum, according to new guidance.

Government vows to launch mental health check pilots later this year

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Friday, June 1, 2018

| CYP Now

Delayed trials of mental health assessments for children entering the care system will launch later this year, the government has pledged.

Charity sets out children's mental health priorities for next government

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

| CYP Now

A charity is calling on the next government to take action to avert a "mental health crisis" among young people.

Longfield: Child vulnerability data is 'tip of the iceberg'

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Tuesday, July 4, 2017

| CYP Now

The government does not know how many children are vulnerable and agencies cannot agree on how to define and identify them, children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield has warned.

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

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Thursday, January 9, 2014

| CYP Now

There is an "unhelpful" misperception among the media and public about the nature of out-of-authority placements for looked-after children, council care managers have said.

Care leavers missing out on mental health support, study finds

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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

| CYP Now

Around two-thirds of care leavers with mental health problems are not receiving specialist support, a study by Barnardo's has found.

Poor young people have more pessimistic health outlook

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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

| CYP Now

Young people from deprived areas rate themselves as having lower life satisfaction and worse health than their peers, according to research.

Mental health services for abused children 'inadequate'

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

| CYP Now

Services designed to help abused children overcome trauma are inadequate, professionals working with them have claimed.

Children's commissioner for England calls for urgent improvements to care system

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Tuesday, September 21, 2021

| CYP Now

Investment in residential care, increased mental health support and more benefits for care leavers are paramount to improving provision for children in care, according to the children’s commissioner for England.

Commissioner recommends smaller secure units for children

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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

| CYP Now

Children in custody should be kept in small units with sufficient trained staff to meet their mental health and emotional needs, a report by the children's commissioner has recommended.

More than a third of young people 'living in fear of crime'

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Fear of being a victim of crime is currently the biggest concern for young people, a major survey has found.

DfE 'making progress' on mental health check pilots

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Friday, November 10, 2017

| CYP Now

The government remains committed to trials of mental health assessments for children entering the care system that were due to launch six months ago, a Department for Education official has said.

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

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Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities have been ordered to undertake an audit of how they respond to child sexual exploitation (CSE) cases in the wake of the Rotherham abuse scandal.

Half of early support psychosis services see funding cut

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Half of early intervention services for young people with mental health problems have seen funding, staffing and quality fall over the past year, according to a report published today.

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Children face six-month wait for mental health assessments

Parenting support cuts child conduct disorder

Daily roundup: Early intervention, emotional health, and troubled families

Daily roundup: Serious case review, school places, and FGM

Performance-related payments ‘too risky' for charities, analysis warns

Commissioners slam child mental health inpatient service

World Mental Health Day: Key concerns, best practice and research around young people’s mental health

Major trial finds ‘promising' results for sexual abuse therapy

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

Parental conflict ‘damages children's mental health'

Revised assessment to offer comprehensive picture of young offender needs

Nice urges help for families of autistic children

Government vows to launch mental health check pilots later this year

Charity sets out children's mental health priorities for next government

Longfield: Child vulnerability data is 'tip of the iceberg'

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

Care leavers missing out on mental health support, study finds

Poor young people have more pessimistic health outlook

Mental health services for abused children 'inadequate'

Children's commissioner for England calls for urgent improvements to care system

Commissioner recommends smaller secure units for children

More than a third of young people 'living in fear of crime'

DfE 'making progress' on mental health check pilots

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

Half of early support psychosis services see funding cut

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