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Mental health pilot for children in care ‘needs more refinement’

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

| CYP Now

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.

Young people set out recommendations for Care Review

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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.

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

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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

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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.

Compulsory FGM education to be introduced

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Monday, February 25, 2019

| CYP Now

The dangers of female genital mutilation (FGM) will be taught to all secondary school pupils, the Department for Education has announced.

Mental health checks for looked-after children to begin in June 2019

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

| CYP Now

Children will start receiving mental health assessments when they enter the care system from June 2019 as part of a delayed pilot project, it has emerged.

Government vows to launch mental health check pilots later this year

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Friday, June 1, 2018

| CYP Now

Delayed trials of mental health assessments for children entering the care system will launch later this year, the government has pledged.

Health services reluctant to ask about childhood trauma, study finds

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Friday, June 1, 2018

| CYP Now

Health workers are reluctant to routinely ask young people who access their services if they have been affected by adverse childhood experiences such as abuse or exploitation, a pilot study has found.

YoungMinds urges better support for childhood trauma victims

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Wednesday, February 7, 2018

| CYP Now

Supporting children who have been affected by adversity and trauma should be made a public health priority, a mental health charity has said.

Social media 'provides important support for children in care'

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Friday, February 2, 2018

| CYP Now

Social media can bring psychological and emotional benefits to young people in care outweighing the potential risks it poses, a study has found.

DfE 'making progress' on mental health check pilots

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Friday, November 10, 2017

| CYP Now

The government remains committed to trials of mental health assessments for children entering the care system that were due to launch six months ago, a Department for Education official has said.

Experts urge training drive to boost mental health support for children in care

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Monday, November 6, 2017

| CYP Now

All carers and professionals who work directly with looked-after children should receive mental health training as part of a range of efforts to boost support for them, a government-appointed group of experts has recommended.

Government advisers moot virtual mental health lead for looked-after children

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Thursday, October 19, 2017

| CYP Now

A single person at every council across England should be made responsible for championing the mental health needs of looked-after children, a group of experts established by government has said.

Care leavers missing out on mental health support, study finds

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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

| CYP Now

Around two-thirds of care leavers with mental health problems are not receiving specialist support, a study by Barnardo's has found.

More than a third of young people 'living in fear of crime'

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Fear of being a victim of crime is currently the biggest concern for young people, a major survey has found.

Government criticised for 'excluding' social workers from mental health plans

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Friday, August 18, 2017

| CYP Now

Social work leaders have criticised government efforts to improve mental health services, claiming they have been frozen out of plans to boost the mental health workforce.

Longfield: Child vulnerability data is 'tip of the iceberg'

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Tuesday, July 4, 2017

| CYP Now

The government does not know how many children are vulnerable and agencies cannot agree on how to define and identify them, children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield has warned.

Charity sets out children's mental health priorities for next government

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

| CYP Now

A charity is calling on the next government to take action to avert a "mental health crisis" among young people.

Mental health checks for children entering care set for trial

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Thursday, November 24, 2016

| CYP Now

Children entering the care system will be given mental health checks on a trial basis, the government has announced.

Children in care denied help with mental health problems

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils and specialist services are failing to support children in care who have mental health problems, a probe by MPs has found.

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Mental health pilot for children in care ‘needs more refinement’

Young people set out recommendations for Care Review

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

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

Compulsory FGM education to be introduced

Mental health checks for looked-after children to begin in June 2019

Government vows to launch mental health check pilots later this year

Health services reluctant to ask about childhood trauma, study finds

YoungMinds urges better support for childhood trauma victims

Social media 'provides important support for children in care'

DfE 'making progress' on mental health check pilots

Experts urge training drive to boost mental health support for children in care

Government advisers moot virtual mental health lead for looked-after children

Care leavers missing out on mental health support, study finds

More than a third of young people 'living in fear of crime'

Government criticised for 'excluding' social workers from mental health plans

Longfield: Child vulnerability data is 'tip of the iceberg'

Charity sets out children's mental health priorities for next government

Mental health checks for children entering care set for trial

Children in care denied help with mental health problems

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