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YOTs told to make case for mental health investment

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.

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Monday, April 10, 2017

| CYP Now

Consultation gathered young people's views on what needs to change in the youth justice system to improve their emotional health.

Daily roundup: Adoption adverts, mental health services, and children's centre closures

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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Adoption agency places adverts featuring real children; report questions progress on mental health provision for young offenders; and politicians in Kent give green light to children's centre closures, all in the news today.

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.

Psychologists help youth club support young men affected by offending

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| CYP Now

Trained psychologists were based at a youth club in Haringey to provide counselling and support to young people and staff.

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.

Daily roundup: Teenage pregnancy, jobs scheme, and advice service

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Teenage pregnancy rates in Bradford halve in five years; Deputy PM to launch £50m jobs fund for young people; and new service opens for parents who are worried about teenagers, all in the news today.

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.

Daily roundup: School safeguarding, children's services and child injuries

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Friday, April 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Gove highlights FGM risk in letter to school head teachers; Coventry councillors work together to improve children's services; and Nottinghamshire councils develop plan to cut child injuries, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child taser cases, mental health attitudes and free school travel

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Surge in child taser cases; scheme tackles mental health stigma; and Bristol to confront baby boom challenge, all in the news today.

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.

Daily roundup: Criminal families, advice on praising children, and sex education

Other

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Judge wants babies removed from persistent offenders; warning on praising children, and funding secured for lessons aimed at children at risk of sexual exploitation, all in the news today.

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

News

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.

Daily round up: College of Social Work row, competitive sports and the link between weight gain and psychosis

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Monday, October 1, 2012

| CYP Now

The row over the future of social work representation re-ignites, a report calls for less emphasis on competitive sports, and tackling obesity among young people with mental illness, all in the news today.

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.

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YOTs told to make case for mental health investment

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

Just Health

Daily roundup: Adoption adverts, mental health services, and children's centre closures

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

Psychologists help youth club support young men affected by offending

Revised assessment to offer comprehensive picture of young offender needs

Daily roundup: Teenage pregnancy, jobs scheme, and advice service

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

Daily roundup: School safeguarding, children's services and child injuries

Daily roundup: Child taser cases, mental health attitudes and free school travel

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

Daily roundup: Criminal families, advice on praising children, and sex education

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

Lack of data on schemes to divert children from custody

Daily round up: College of Social Work row, competitive sports and the link between weight gain and psychosis

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

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