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Have your say on revised advocacy standards and regulations

Thursday, June 18, 2020

| CYP Now

Carolyne Willow of charity Article 39 sets out why a consultation on revisions to advocacy standards and regulations are so important.

Jaden Moodie: Murder of boy, 14, highlights need for national exploitation system, review finds

News

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

| CYP Now

The author of a serious case review into the murder of a 14-year-old boy in London who had been groomed by drug dealers has called for the creation of a national system for responding to exploitation of children by county lines gangs.

Emergency legislation relaxes councils' statutory duties to vulnerable children

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Thursday, April 23, 2020

| CYP Now

The government has introduced emergency legislation to relax local authorities' statutory duties to vulnerable children in England until at least September.

Sharp drop in criminalisation of young people in children's homes

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Thursday, February 27, 2020

| CYP Now

The criminalisation of looked-after children living in children’s homes has dropped by almost 40 per cent since 2014, according to new figures.

Council in High Court after looked-after child spent night in police cell

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Thursday, February 27, 2020

| CYP Now

Legal action has been launched against a London council in the High Court over claims a child was kept in police custody for two nights due to a lack of suitable accommodation.

What does Brexit mean for children and young people?

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Friday, January 31, 2020

| CYP Now

The UK is officially leaving the European Union at 11pm on January 31 after Boris Johnson’s Brexit bill was passed by parliament.

MultifunC, Scandinavia: International Focus

Best Practice

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| CYP Now

MultifunC has had impressive results in Denmark, Sweden and Norway over the past 20 years, with elements of the approach reflected in the soon-to-be-established secure schools in England.

Three-fold increase in child sexual abuse referrals to Lighthouse project

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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| CYP Now

The UK's first "Child House" for young victims of sexual abuse has experienced a three-fold increase in referrals in its first year.

Durham County Council-run secure home receives 'outstanding' rating

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Thursday, October 31, 2019

| CYP Now

A council-run secure children's home has been judged "outstanding" by inspectors who have praised its contribution to "significantly improved outcomes" for young people.

Rise in child slavery victims attributed to county lines gangs

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Friday, October 18, 2019

| CYP Now

The number of children being identified as potential victims of modern slavery has increased by more than 800 per cent in the past five years, it has emerged, with the rise linked to the growing issue of so-called county lines gangs.

Knife crime orders may 'exacerbate' community relations, warns ADCS

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Monday, September 30, 2019

| CYP Now

Tough new laws to tackle knife crime could harm relationships between police and local communities and fail to properly consider the needs of vulnerable groups of young people, children's services leaders have warned.

Research project launches to better protect vulnerable children

News

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

| CYP Now

A £1.9m research project has launched to find ways to better protect vulnerable children from threats such a child sexual exploitation (CSE) and county lines drug dealing.

Young people reveal violent treatment in secure care homes

News

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

| CYP Now

An overhaul of secure children's homes is being called for in a critical report into the violent treatment of young people being confined against their will.

Early Help: Special Report

Features

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

| CYP Now

Amid rising knife crime, youth homelessness and care referrals, the case for spending on early help has never been so important, yet investment in prevention services has been falling, fuelling late interventions.

Chancellor announces one-year budget round as Spending Review shelved due to Brexit

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Friday, August 9, 2019

| CYP Now

The government is to undertake a one-year spending round for public services in 2020-21, Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid has announced.

New joint inspections to target children's mental health

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Wednesday, July 17, 2019

| CYP Now

Local services will be judged on how they respond jointly to children's mental ill health in new themed area inspections, Ofsted has announced.

Legal duty on public bodies to tackle knife crime together

News

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

| CYP Now

Public sector organisations will be legally bound to work together to tackle serious violence including knife crime under a new duty announced by the government.

Boost legal protection and funding for child victims of domestic abuse, campaigners urge

News

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

| CYP Now

Campaigners have cautiously welcomed the new Domestic Abuse Bill, but claim that "fundamental changes" are still needed to give children the protection they need.

Criminalisation concerns follow 23k calls to police from children's homes

News

Monday, July 8, 2019

| CYP Now

Young people are at risk of unnecessary criminalisation as a result of excessive police callouts to children's homes, campaigners claim.

Children as young as seven exploited by county lines gangs

News

Friday, July 5, 2019

| CYP Now

Children as young as seven are being used to move drugs for organised gangs, according to new research from The Children's Society.

ADCS annual conference: Child protection and safeguarding key to tackling gangs

News

Friday, July 5, 2019

| CYP Now

Children's services leaders are calling on the government to deliver a coordinated and sustainably funded knife crime strategy, which puts child protection and safeguarding at the top of the agenda.

Steve Reed is new shadow children's minister

News

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Steve Reed MP has been appointed the new shadow minister for children following the March resignation of Emma Lewell-Buck.

Home Office in High Court challenge over use of child spies

News

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

| CYP Now

Vulnerable children are recruited to spy on criminals including sex offenders without the necessary safeguards to protect them from harm, the High Court has heard.

Secure children's home placements plummet

News

Friday, June 7, 2019

| CYP Now

The number of children placed in secure children's homes has fallen to its lowest ever level, thanks to a significant reduction in youth justice placements, new figures show.

ADCS criticises Home Office plan to tackle serious violence

News

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

| CYP Now

Home Office proposals for tackling serious violence offer "nothing significantly transformative" for young people, the Association of Directors of Children's Services states in its written response to the government consultation.

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Have your say on revised advocacy standards and regulations

Jaden Moodie: Murder of boy, 14, highlights need for national exploitation system, review finds

Emergency legislation relaxes councils' statutory duties to vulnerable children

Sharp drop in criminalisation of young people in children's homes

Council in High Court after looked-after child spent night in police cell

What does Brexit mean for children and young people?

MultifunC, Scandinavia: International Focus

Three-fold increase in child sexual abuse referrals to Lighthouse project

Durham County Council-run secure home receives 'outstanding' rating

Rise in child slavery victims attributed to county lines gangs

Knife crime orders may 'exacerbate' community relations, warns ADCS

Research project launches to better protect vulnerable children

Young people reveal violent treatment in secure care homes

Early Help: Special Report

Chancellor announces one-year budget round as Spending Review shelved due to Brexit

New joint inspections to target children's mental health

Legal duty on public bodies to tackle knife crime together

Boost legal protection and funding for child victims of domestic abuse, campaigners urge

Criminalisation concerns follow 23k calls to police from children's homes

Children as young as seven exploited by county lines gangs

ADCS annual conference: Child protection and safeguarding key to tackling gangs

Steve Reed is new shadow children's minister

Home Office in High Court challenge over use of child spies

Secure children's home placements plummet

ADCS criticises Home Office plan to tackle serious violence

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