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Minister outlines £24m young offender mental health programme

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Details have emerged of a joint youth justice and health initiative to boost mental health services for young people in trouble with the law.

YJB reveals further young offender deaths in the community

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

| CYP Now

More children than previously thought died under youth offending team supervision in the community last year, it has emerged.

Royal colleges publish healthcare standards for young people in custody

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Monday, June 10, 2013

| CYP Now

A new set of UK-wide standards for the healthcare of children and young people in custody has been developed by a group of medical royal colleges.

Public services should be 'preventer of problems' say early help experts

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Monday, April 13, 2015

| CYP Now

A group of political analysts, including a former adviser to David Cameron, is calling on the next government to prioritise early intervention as a matter of urgency.

Girls in secure estate facing ‘high levels of trauma and risk of self-harm’

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Wednesday, October 6, 2021

| CYP Now

Experts are warning that girls in the youth secure estate are facing high levels of mental health problems and are at an increased risk of self-harm.

YOTs failing to implement reoffending prevention effectively

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

| CYP Now

Work by youth offending teams (YOTs) to prevent young people from reoffending needs to be planned, delivered and evaluated more effectively, a report has found.

Campaign to improve mental health support for young black men in prisons

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Friday, October 8, 2021

| CYP Now

More than a third of UK adults think mental health support offered to young black men in prisons is not effective in preventing reoffending, research by a prisons charity shows.

Services that divert young people away from the justice system given financial boost

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Friday, April 1, 2011

| CYP Now

Moves to divert young people with mental health and substance misuse problems away from the criminal justice system towards support services have received a boost following government investment of 2m.

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

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Monday, January 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Sweeping reform of the youth justice system is necessary to prevent hundreds of children being "needlessly" criminalised and sentenced to custody, according to a think-tank.

Children's mental health services 'turning away cannabis-related cases'

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Thursday, September 13, 2018

| CYP Now

Young people with mental health issues linked to cannabis use are being turned away from child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), a report has suggested.

Gang hotspots failing to confront young people's health issues

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

| CYP Now

More than 80 per cent of England's gang "hotspots" have no strategy in place to tackle the health problems that contribute to youth and gang violence, according to a report.

Commission finds ‘adult bias' in offender diversion services

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

A panel of criminal justice and mental health experts has called for greater scrutiny into how liaison and diversion services for young people are being implemented across England.

Mental health of black and ethnic minority young people ignored, claims study

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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

| CYP Now

The mental health of black and minority ethnic (BME) children and young people is being ignored by services including education, social care and youth justice, a report has claimed.

Sector skills organisations announce merger

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Friday, August 28, 2015

| CYP Now

The two sector skills councils covering children's professions across health and justice are to merge.

Young offenders reap benefits of speech therapy

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

| CYP Now

Research carried out by a youth offending team (YOT) in London has revealed the benefits of speech and language therapy for young offenders.

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.

YOTs told to make case for mental health investment

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth offending teams must work closely with new health and wellbeing boards to drive down high numbers of vulnerable young people with mental health needs in the justice system, a charity has said.

Performance-related payments ‘too risky' for charities, analysis warns

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Public sector payment methods that link funding to performance outcomes are putting off many charities from bidding to deliver government programmes, research by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) has found.

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.

Revised assessment to offer comprehensive picture of young offender needs

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Friday, November 11, 2011

| CYP Now

An assessment tool for young offenders that will forge closer links with health and children's services is set to be introduced to produce a fuller picture of the needs of children in the youth justice system.

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Minister outlines £24m young offender mental health programme

YJB reveals further young offender deaths in the community

Royal colleges publish healthcare standards for young people in custody

Public services should be 'preventer of problems' say early help experts

Girls in secure estate facing ‘high levels of trauma and risk of self-harm’

YOTs failing to implement reoffending prevention effectively

Campaign to improve mental health support for young black men in prisons

Services that divert young people away from the justice system given financial boost

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

Children's mental health services 'turning away cannabis-related cases'

Gang hotspots failing to confront young people's health issues

Commission finds ‘adult bias' in offender diversion services

Mental health of black and ethnic minority young people ignored, claims study

Sector skills organisations announce merger

Young offenders reap benefits of speech therapy

Parenting support cuts child conduct disorder

YOTs told to make case for mental health investment

Performance-related payments ‘too risky' for charities, analysis warns

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

Revised assessment to offer comprehensive picture of young offender needs

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