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Council launches drive to recruit 'resilience foster carers' for troubled teenagers

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Former police and prison officers are being urged to become "resilience foster carers" offering homes to the most challenging looked-after teenagers, as part of a Staffordshire County Council campaign.

SEND school exclusion practice faces legal challenge

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Tuesday, July 3, 2018

| CYP Now

A legal bid to give more protection from exclusion to autistic schoolchildren whose condition is linked to physical aggression got under way today.

'Two-tier' care for children in custody criticised

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people given looked-after status on being remanded in custody will not have the same rights as those who are already looked after, a campaign group has claimed.

Large rise in the number of youth custody staff

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Thursday, August 16, 2018

| CYP Now

The number of people working in the youth secure estate has risen significantly following a government recruitment drive over the past 12 months, latest official data shows.

Probation service changes risk increasing youth reoffending, union warns

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Friday, October 5, 2012

| CYP Now

Youth reoffending and custody rates could soar if government plans to privatise £600m worth of probation services go ahead, the union representing the profession has warned.

Government warned against using payment-by-results in youth justice

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

| CYP Now

The government has been warned that payment-by-results in the youth justice system could have a negative impact on young offenders, after Prime Minister David Cameron announced plans to extend use of the concept.

Inspectors warn of 'ineffective' response to neglect in Haringey

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Tuesday, January 30, 2018

| CYP Now

Multi-agency efforts to support children at risk of neglect in Haringey are too variable, and some practice is ineffective in improving their lives, inspectors have found.

Former ADCS president appointed to Youth Justice Board

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Monday, April 24, 2017

| CYP Now

A former president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has been appointed as a member of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ).

Timpson departure 'a loss' for children's sector, says Loughton

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Monday, June 12, 2017

| CYP Now

Edward Timpson's defeat in last week's general election, meaning he will be replaced as children's minister, is a loss for the sector, his predecessor Tim Loughton has said.

Commons committee votes to proceed with abolition of YJB

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Friday, September 16, 2011

| CYP Now

Hopes that the Youth Justice Board will avoid the axe have been dealt a blow after a group of MPs voted to proceed with its abolition.

Young people leave custody 'without NI numbers'

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Friday, September 23, 2011

| CYP Now

Children and young adults are leaving custody without being issued a National Insurance number, hampering their chances of successful resettlement, it has been claimed.

Conservative Conference 2011: Blunt calls for adult prisoners to mentor young offenders

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Monday, October 3, 2011

| CYP Now

Adult prisoners should be drafted in to mentor young offenders in custody under plans to give prison and probation professionals more freedom to run innovative schemes, the youth justice minister Crispin Blunt has claimed.

Details of young offender deaths revealed

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Thursday, October 6, 2011

| CYP Now

Details of how 23 children under the supervision of youth offending teams died in the community last year have emerged after the Youth Justice Board released fresh information on the incidents.

Children and families directorate slashed

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Thursday, March 15, 2012

| CYP Now

The Department for Education's children, young people and families directorate will receive a 13 per cent blow to its budget in 2012/13 and lose 106 full-time posts, an email leaked to CYP Now has revealed.

Rebalance finances towards early intervention, MP tells Treasury

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Sunday, July 3, 2011

| CYP Now

MP Graham Allen has challenged the Treasury to rebalance government spending towards early intervention and establish a fund that will raise 200m from private investors.

Teenager found dead at Essex YOI

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Thursday, July 7, 2011

| CYP Now

A teenager has been found dead at a young offender institution (YOI) in Essex, CYP Now has learned.

MoJ confirms 132 young offender deaths in the community

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Thursday, July 14, 2011

| CYP Now

A total 132 young offenders have died while under supervision in the community since 2006, figures released in parliament have revealed.

Youth prisons have capacity to cope with rise in remands after riots, confirms YJB chief

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Youth jails have more than enough capacity to deal with an expected surge in demand as a result of riots breaking out across England, the head of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has said.

A&E youth work project helps change lives of young gang members

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Friday, August 19, 2011

| CYP Now

A hospital-based youth work project that targets young victims of gang violence has been praised by a team of academics.

Improved remand practices 'set to slash' youth prison numbers

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Monday, February 20, 2012

| CYP Now

A range of measures aimed at reducing the use of remand for children will see youth custody levels fall by at least 10 per cent, a senior Youth Justice Board (YJB) figure has predicted.

Public services should be 'preventer of problems' say early help experts

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Monday, April 13, 2015

| CYP Now

A group of political analysts, including a former adviser to David Cameron, is calling on the next government to prioritise early intervention as a matter of urgency.

Landmark payment-by-results project to launch for young offenders

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Thursday, April 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Payment-by-results will be used as part of a major five-year programme to improve resettlement support for young people leaving custody, it has been confirmed.

Further fall in number of first-time young offenders

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of young people convicted for an offence for the first time is continuing to fall, latest Ministry of Justice figures have revealed.

Charity calls for better resettlement planning in custody

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Thursday, July 2, 2015

| CYP Now

There needs to be an overhaul of resettlement support for those leaving youth custody if high reoffending rates are to be reduced, crime reduction charity Nacro has said.

Government scraps controversial secure college plans

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Friday, July 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Government plans to open a 320-place "secure college" at Glen Parva, Leicestershire have ceased due to lack of funding and a fall in the youth custody population.

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Council launches drive to recruit 'resilience foster carers' for troubled teenagers

SEND school exclusion practice faces legal challenge

'Two-tier' care for children in custody criticised

Large rise in the number of youth custody staff

Probation service changes risk increasing youth reoffending, union warns

Government warned against using payment-by-results in youth justice

Inspectors warn of 'ineffective' response to neglect in Haringey

Former ADCS president appointed to Youth Justice Board

Timpson departure 'a loss' for children's sector, says Loughton

Commons committee votes to proceed with abolition of YJB

Young people leave custody 'without NI numbers'

Conservative Conference 2011: Blunt calls for adult prisoners to mentor young offenders

Details of young offender deaths revealed

Children and families directorate slashed

Rebalance finances towards early intervention, MP tells Treasury

Teenager found dead at Essex YOI

MoJ confirms 132 young offender deaths in the community

Youth prisons have capacity to cope with rise in remands after riots, confirms YJB chief

A&E youth work project helps change lives of young gang members

Improved remand practices 'set to slash' youth prison numbers

Public services should be 'preventer of problems' say early help experts

Landmark payment-by-results project to launch for young offenders

Further fall in number of first-time young offenders

Charity calls for better resettlement planning in custody

Government scraps controversial secure college plans

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