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Virtual mental health pilots for children in care need improvement if they are to be rolled out UK-wide, after evaluation found that just one centre involved in the trial plans to carry on offering the support.

High Court gives councils go ahead to arrange Covid-19 and flu vaccines for children in care

News

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

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Local authorities can arrange for children in their care to have the Covid-19 and flu vaccines despite parental objection, the High Court has ruled.

Young people set out recommendations for Care Review

News

Monday, November 1, 2021

| CYP Now

Young people with experience of the care system have issued a checklist of issues they want to be addressed by the Care Review.

Spending Review: Key asks for children and young people

News

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

| CYP Now

CYP Now breaks down key funding asks from across the sector.

World Mental Health Day: Key concerns, best practice and research around young people’s mental health

News

Friday, October 8, 2021

| CYP Now

Mental health in an unequal world is the theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day.

Children's commissioner for England calls for urgent improvements to care system

News

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

| CYP Now

Investment in residential care, increased mental health support and more benefits for care leavers are paramount to improving provision for children in care, according to the children’s commissioner for England.

Letters to the Editor: Children will need support in ‘new normal’

Opinion

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

| CYP Now

From autumn, “bubbles” in schools are no longer needed and children under 18 years old don’t have to self-isolate if they are contacted by NHS Test and Trace as a close contact of a positive Covid-19 case. Edging closer to getting back to “normal”.

Nine in 10 child sexual abuse survivors experience mental health problems, review finds

News

Thursday, August 5, 2021

| CYP Now

The mental health of almost all survivors of child sexual abuse has been impacted by their ordeal, new research shows.

Transition support for students with disabilities

Best Practice

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

| CYP Now

Transitions Service gives support to students on career and further education options while still in school, helping them make progress in achieving their goals.

Hundreds of child deaths linked to deprivation 'avoidable', report shows

News

Monday, May 17, 2021

| CYP Now

Children from deprived families are more likely to die before they reach adulthood than their more affluent peers, a study has found.

Holiday Activities and Food Alliance launches to support local authorities

News

Friday, March 19, 2021

| CYP Now

A new coalition of charities, academics and youth organisations has launched in a bid to support local authorities to make the best use of the government’s expanded £220m Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme.

Children’s commissioner launches ‘once-in-a-generation’ review of childhood

News

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

| CYP Now

The new children’s commissioner for England has announced plans to create a 10-year “blueprint” to help children recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Teenagers placed in foster care amid concerns over weight

News

Thursday, March 11, 2021

| CYP Now

A family court judge has ruled two overweight teenagers should be taken into foster care over concerns about their health.

Practitioner Review: Twenty years of research with adverse childhood experience scores – Advantages, disadvantages and applications to practice

Research

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

| CYP Now

In their practitioner review, Lacey and Minnis consider the strengths and limitations of adverse childhood experience (ACE) scores – an increasingly common and influential approach for measuring childhood adversity in public policy, research and clinical practice.

Trauma-informed Practice: Special Report

Features

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.

How Covid-19 remade children’s services

Features

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

| CYP Now

A year on from the emergence of the coronavirus and onset of the pandemic, experts assess the long-term impact of the disruption it has caused to children’s services and young people’s lives.