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Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted is to push ahead with the introduction of a tougher inspection regime for children's services, ignoring warnings from the sector that the system is too simplistic and will fail to deliver improvements.

Government extends strip-search pilot

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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has moved a step closer to phasing out the routine strip-searching of young offenders when they enter custody.

Cutting care home offending needs greater focus, says DfE

News

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authorities and other agencies need to work more closely together to reduce offending of children and young people living in care homes, a government review has concluded.

Parenting support cuts child conduct disorder

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Friday, January 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Parenting support programmes significantly cut the risk of children developing behavioural problems and becoming offenders in adolescence and adulthood, a new study suggests.

New restraint system criticised by children's rights campaigners

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Campaign groups have criticised a new system of restraint being adopted in youth custody settings because it continues to allow techniques that involve inflicting pain on young people.

Young people demand sound recording cameras in youth custody settings

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

| CYP Now

Youth custody settings and police stations should contain cameras that record sound to prevent young offenders being subjected to violence, a report has claimed.

YJB to investigate safer restraint techniques

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Friday, May 23, 2014

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is carrying out two reviews into ways of making physical restraint in young offender settings safer and pain free.

Use of force 'extremely high' at Ashfield YOI

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Use of restraint at a young offender institution (YOI) in Bristol increased nearly nine-fold in the space of just a year, inspectors have found.

Hospital youth work scheme set for London-wide expansion

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

| CYP Now

An award-winning service that places specialist youth workers in hospital emergency departments in an effort to tackle gang violence is to be expanded across London.

YOTs to take on young offender curfew monitoring

News

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils will not receive any extra money when they take over responsibility for youth offender curfew monitoring in two months' time.

Police 'mistreated' children during student protests in Brighton

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Friday, April 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Police used disproportionate and unjustified violence against children during protests against tuition fee rises, a report has found.

ChildRIGHT Ask the Expert: Child safety orders

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Monday, June 13, 2011

| CYP Now

What is a child safety order?

Dunford reforms will bolster children's rights in England

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Monday, December 6, 2010

| CYP Now

The government must act to implement the recommendations of John Dunford and ensure every piece of legislation is considered with the rights of children in mind, campaigners have said.

Legal Update: Cuts will deny access to justice

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

| CYP Now

The government is consulting on dramatic changes that will determine children and young people's access to justice, says Anita Hurrell of the Migrant Children's Project at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

National standards will improve children's hearing system, says chief

News

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

| CYP Now

The head of the new body overseeing Scotland's hearing system believes the introduction of more consistent training and practice standards for lay assessors will improve the service that vulnerable children and young people receive.

Campaigners back closure of all-girl YOIs

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Thursday, July 4, 2013

| CYP Now

A Youth Justice Board (YJB) decision to decommission the last three girls' young offender institutions (YOI) in England has been welcomed by youth justice campaigners.

Daily roundup: young offenders, abuse awareness and care appplications

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Monday, July 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Grayling launches review into privileges for young offenders in custody, NSPCC campaigns to help parents educate children on the dangers of abuse, and latest data on care applications, all in the news today.

Feltham YOI gets 'worst in a decade' inspection reports

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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Feltham YOI is blighted by extreme violence, gang culture and intimidation, according to two damning inspection reports.

Post-riot gang plan makes limited progress

Other

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Government strategy to tackle gang violence is yet to yield significant benefits, with only one gang injunction being granted this year

Legal Update: Children's overnight stays in cells

Other

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.

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.

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Central government must urgently consult local authorities on how new "social value" laws could impact on children's services, it has been has warned.

Legal Update: Legal O&A

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Monday, May 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Q: What is a child arrangements order?

MPs back mandatory sentences for knife possession

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Plans for over-16s to face mandatory custodial sentences if they are convicted of a knife offence for a second time have been backed by MPs.

Call for witness protection review after teenager's identity revealed

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

| CYP Now

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is being called on to review the way it deals with vulnerable young people after the personal details of a teenage witness were inadvertently given to gang members.

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Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

Government extends strip-search pilot

Cutting care home offending needs greater focus, says DfE

Parenting support cuts child conduct disorder

New restraint system criticised by children's rights campaigners

Young people demand sound recording cameras in youth custody settings

YJB to investigate safer restraint techniques

Use of force 'extremely high' at Ashfield YOI

Hospital youth work scheme set for London-wide expansion

YOTs to take on young offender curfew monitoring

Police 'mistreated' children during student protests in Brighton

ChildRIGHT Ask the Expert: Child safety orders

Dunford reforms will bolster children's rights in England

Legal Update: Cuts will deny access to justice

National standards will improve children's hearing system, says chief

Campaigners back closure of all-girl YOIs

Daily roundup: young offenders, abuse awareness and care appplications

Feltham YOI gets 'worst in a decade' inspection reports

Post-riot gang plan makes limited progress

Legal Update: Children's overnight stays in cells

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

Legal Update: Legal O&A

MPs back mandatory sentences for knife possession

Call for witness protection review after teenager's identity revealed

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