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Call for youth workers to tackle gang mental health problems

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth workers should receive basic mental health training as part of a shake-up of services in order to support young people in gangs, MPs have been told.

New rules governing restraint in youth jails unveiled

News

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

| CYP Now

New rules governing the use of restraint in youth custody will have a "big impact" on reducing the number of young people subjected to such interventions, the head of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has predicted.

Extra days in youth jails rising despite falling custody levels

News

Sunday, July 22, 2012

| CYP Now

Extra days in custody are increasingly being handed out to young offenders as punishment for breaching the rules, it has emerged.

Changes to youth justice funding abandoned

News

Sunday, August 19, 2012

| CYP Now

Moves to simplify the way in which youth offending teams (YOTs) are funded have been shelved because some areas faced losing large amounts of money.

Spotlight on young offender transitions to adult secure estate

News

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

| CYP Now

Work to address "significant gaps" in information on young offenders moving from the youth estate to the young adult estate has got underway in four young adult institutions.

Youth offending teams unveil merger plans

News

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Cheshire West and Halton and Warrington youth offending teams (YOTs) are to merge, creating one of the largest services in England and Wales.

Child custody campaign ends after five years

News

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

| CYP Now

A high-profile campaign to reduce numbers of children in custody is to conclude by the end of the year when its funding finishes, it has been confirmed.

Daily roundup: HPV, hospital data sharing, and whistleblowing row in Kingston

Other

Friday, February 1, 2013

| CYP Now

Call for the HPV vaccine to be given to boys, hospitals fail to share data on gun and knife crime, and Kingston's former director of children's services under fire over 'cover-up' allegations, all in the news today.

'Two-tier' care for children in custody criticised

News

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.

Daily roundup: Happiness, volunteering for athletes, and child porn arrest

Other

Thursday, October 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Young people are the happiest age group in UK, Olympic hopefuls to be made to volunteer, and Harrow lead member resigns following child porn arrest, all in the news today.

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

News

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.

Commons committee votes to proceed with abolition of YJB

News

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.

Details of young offender deaths revealed

News

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.

MoJ confirms 132 young offender deaths in the community

News

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

News

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.

YJB reforms focus on innovative services

Other

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Giving the Youth Justice Board more freedom over how it funds local provision could see more outcome-driven services being developed.

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

News

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

News

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.

Youth offending team inspections suspended as YJB confirms £9m cuts

News

Thursday, November 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Inspections of local authority youth offending teams (YOTs) will be suspended for a period as part of efforts to help them cope with £9m of in-year cuts that have been rubber-stamped by the Youth Justice Board.

How YOTs adapted in pandemic

Analysis

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

| CYP Now

Study on the changes youth offending teams have made during Covid-19 and how they adapt in the future.

We need wide debate on use of weapons detectors

Opinion

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

| CYP Now

Safety of public servants is very much in the spotlight following the tragic killing of David Amess MP.

Malachi Community Trust

Best Practice

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Programme for schools to identify children with troubling behaviour and support their families.

Inspectors praise youth offending teams

News

Friday, July 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Two youth offending teams (YOTs) have been praised for their work following screening inspections by the Inspectorate of Probation.

Lords vote to save Youth Justice Board

News

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

| CYP Now

The government has been dealt a blow over plans to abolish the Youth Justice Board after the House of Lords passed an amendment that the organisation should be retained.