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Parenting support cuts child conduct disorder

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.

YOTs told to make case for mental health investment

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth offending teams must work closely with new health and wellbeing boards to drive down high numbers of vulnerable young people with mental health needs in the justice system, a charity has said.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mental health service deficiencies ‘undermine penal support pilot'

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Mental health and penal reform campaigners are concerned a government scheme that will see mental health professionals assess young people's needs soon after arrest could be undermined by a lack of specialist local support.

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.

Future of mental health ward at Lancaster YOI in jeopardy

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

| CYP Now

The mental health ward at Lancaster Farms young offender institution (YOI) is set to close.

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.

Lack of data on schemes to divert children from custody

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

| CYP Now

The success of efforts to divert young people from the criminal justice system at the point of arrest cannot be gauged due to a lack of data, a government evaluation has found.

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.

Youth offending teams make progress on health services

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

| CYP Now

Health services provided by youth offending teams (YOTs) for children and young people are improving, a report has found.

Werrington YOI fails on mental health support

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Thursday, February 10, 2011

| CYP Now

Young offenders with mental health problems and learning needs are not getting the help they need, an independent inspection of a young offender institution (YOI) has found.

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Parenting support cuts child conduct disorder

YOTs told to make case for mental health investment

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

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

Revised assessment to offer comprehensive picture of young offender needs

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

Mental health service deficiencies ‘undermine penal support pilot'

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

Future of mental health ward at Lancaster YOI in jeopardy

Commissioner recommends smaller secure units for children

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

Lack of data on schemes to divert children from custody

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

Youth offending teams make progress on health services

Werrington YOI fails on mental health support

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