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Trauma-informed Practice: Special Report

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

| CYP Now

Adverse childhood experiences can have far-reaching negative consequences on people’s lives, but there are growing efforts to implement trauma-informed practices in services to improve long-term outcomes.

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

Other

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

| CYP Now

At its best, technology speeds up laborious inputting of information, enabling children’s services practitioners to spend more time with their clients, helps commissioners to identify trends so they can prioritise resources, and enable leaders to make informed choices on how services are structured.

Gangs and Criminal Exploitation: Special Report

Features

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

| CYP Now

A rise in gang violence and youth crime has prompted policymakers to develop legislation to tackle the threats and boost funding for statutory and voluntary agencies to support child criminal exploitation victims.

Leading the fight against county lines gangs in Kent

Best Practice

Monday, July 29, 2019

| CYP Now

Charity supports local young people recruited to sell drugs by county lines gangs

Towards a Contextual Response to Peer-on-Peer Abuse: Research and Resources From MsUnderstood Local Site Work 2013-2016

Research

Monday, July 29, 2019

| CYP Now

This report presents findings and resources from a three-year review exploring contextual safeguarding responses to children's experiences of "peer-on-peer" abuse.

Mediation helps Bengali young people leave gangs behind

Best Practice

Monday, July 29, 2019

| CYP Now

Works with vulnerable young people in predominantly Bengali community.

Services collaborate to tackle CCE in South Yorkshire

Best Practice

Monday, July 29, 2019

| CYP Now

Multi-agency hub established to co-ordinate sub-regional response.

Keeping Kids Safe: Improving Safeguarding Responses to Gang Violence and Criminal Exploitation

Research

Monday, July 29, 2019

| CYP Now

This report by the Children's Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, investigates what it means to be a child gang member in England. In it, she states that gang exploitation is currently not adequately understood, identified, prioritised or responded to.

Integrated gangs unit

Best Practice

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

| CYP Now

London council's gangs unit brings police and children's professionals together into one team.

Pan-Merseyside integrated child exploitation service

Best Practice

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

| CYP Now

Initiative works with police and safeguarding agencies to identify children involved in crime linked to exploitation.

Working with Prevent: Social Work Options for Cases of 'Radicalisation Risk

Research

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

| CYP Now

The 2015 Prevent duty mandates social workers and other professionals "to pay due regard" to possible radicalisation concerns. However, there is currently no guidance on how practitioners might do this.

'Going Viral' and 'Going Country' the Expressive and Instrumental Activities of Street Gangs on Social Media

Research

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

| CYP Now

This study considers the role of the internet in gang culture and activity in the UK. The authors analyse the expressive and instrumental uses of "trap rap" videos posted on YouTube as a means of gaining insight into gang-related activity, such as drug dealing through "working the country lines".