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Listening to children in court must get beyond lip service
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- Monday, May 12, 2014 | CYP Now
England's children's commissioner Maggie Atkinson on children having their say in court.
Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Protocol allows direct child rightscomplaints
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- Monday, May 12, 2014 | CYP Now
A new treaty allows children and their representatives to make
complaints to an international body about violations of their
rights.
Social workers' leader criticises Troubled Families programme
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- Wednesday, May 7, 2014 | CYP Now
The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has hit out at the government's Troubled Families programme for failing to deliver "sustained change" for participants.
Under-5s to be targeted as part of early intervention crime scheme
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- Wednesday, May 7, 2014 | CYP Now
Police in the West Midlands will work with vulnerable children aged five and under as part of an initiative being launched in conjunction with the Early Intervention Foundation.
Legal Update: Court anonymity for young people
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- Monday, April 28, 2014 | CYP Now
Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre discusses a ruling that children previously involved in court proceedings can be named in the media after they turn 18.
Daily roundup: Out-of-work benefits, school preparedness, and legal system
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- Monday, April 28, 2014 | CYP Now
New sanctions introduced for long-term unemployed; schoolchildren still wearing nappies study finds; and children to give evidence away from court through pilot study, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: Children's services, leadership and child protection
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- Tuesday, April 22, 2014 | CYP Now
Hampshire children's services receive "good" Ofsted judgment; Salford DCS to become Solihull chief executive; and Bristol gets new child protection service, all in the news today.
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.
Children to lose court anonymity at 18
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- Wednesday, April 9, 2014 | CYP Now
Children could be deterred from giving evidence in court cases and young offenders could have their rehabilitation harmed as a result of a legal ruling that will allow them to be named publicly once they turn 18.
Daily roundup: Homelessness, legal system, and children's services
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- Wednesday, April 2, 2014 | CYP Now
Housing benefits freeze sees young people stuck in hostels; Cafcass completes government department move; and social enterprise takes over Richmond and Kingston children's services, all in the news today.
Magistrates to oversee community supervision of young offenders
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- Wednesday, March 26, 2014 | CYP Now
Magistrates are to be handed new powers to manage the rehabilitation of young offenders.
YJB toolkit aims to cut youth reoffending rates
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- Wednesday, March 26, 2014 | CYP Now
A new resource that helps youth offending teams (YOTs) analyse in depth offenders' behaviour in an attempt to prevent further offences being committed is to be launched next week.
Lack of joined-up mental health support fails young offenders
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- Friday, March 21, 2014 | CYP Now
Young offenders are failing to get adequate mental health support when they move into the adult system, an independent review of the criminal justice system has found.
Budget 2014: Troubled Families expansion brought forward
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- Thursday, March 20, 2014 | CYP Now
The expansion of the government's Troubled Families programme is to be speeded up, the Chancellor announced in the Budget.
Children and Families Act 2014
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- Thursday, March 13, 2014 | CYP Now
The Children and Families Act 2014 has wide-ranging implications for children's services, from the creation of childminder agencies to better support for young people in care.
Inspectors call for urgent improvements at Portsmouth YOT
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- Wednesday, February 26, 2014 | CYP Now
Youth offending work in Portsmouth is "worryingly poor" and needs to be improved urgently, a joint inspection of the city's youth offending team (YOT) has concluded.
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.
Daily roundup: Youth custody, child health, and charity leadership
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- Wednesday, February 5, 2014 | CYP Now
Campaigners and charities call for review of child deaths in custody; consultation launched on school support for children with medical conditions; and Contact a Family appoints new head, all in the news today.
Legal Update: Children's overnight stays in cells
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- Tuesday, February 4, 2014 | CYP Now
Thousands of children spend a night in police detention before appearing in court. Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the law on detention.
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