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Youth workers to deliver major mental health initiative in schools

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

| CYP Now

Children's charity Action for Children is to pilot a mental health initiative that will see youth workers support young people in schools, with a view to introducing it across the UK next year.

Review highlights shortcomings in children's mental health services

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Thursday, October 26, 2017

| CYP Now

A review into children's mental health services ordered by Prime Minister Theresa May has found that the current system is hard to access, difficult to navigate and isn't safe enough.

Children's mental health green paper 'to feature joint-working duty'

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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

| CYP Now

Expectations could be placed on education and health services to work together in both schools and health settings as part of efforts to boost support for young people facing mental health difficulties, it has emerged.

Youth charity launches mentoring initiative

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Monday, October 23, 2017

| CYP Now

A new initiative to improve the physical, social and mental wellbeing of secondary school children has been launched by youth sport charity the Youth Sport Trust.

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

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Thursday, October 19, 2017

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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.

Longfield and NHS chief clash over children's mental health

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Monday, October 16, 2017

| CYP Now

A war of words has broken out between the children's commissioner for England and the chief executive of NHS England over mental health services for children and young people.

Longfield calls for action on 'shockingly poor' children's mental health treatment

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Tuesday, October 10, 2017

| CYP Now

A generation of children will enter adulthood with mental health problems unless government takes urgent action to address the "shockingly poor" state of children's mental health services, children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield has warned.

Charity urges action on 'warning sign' of missed mental health appointments

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Friday, September 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Mental health professionals are failing to support young people in crisis by ignoring a key warning sign of missed appointments, a charity has claimed.

One in four girls depressed by age 14

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Tuesday, September 19, 2017

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A quarter of girls and one in 10 boys are depressed by the age of 14, a study has found.

Care leavers missing out on mental health support, study finds

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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

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

Study reveals cost benefits of Finnish anti-bullying programme

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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

| CYP Now

A study by Public Health England has found that an initiative, which originated in Finland to support young people and counter the impacts of bullying, delivers a return of £1.58 for every pound invested.

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.

Inspectors praise support for SEND care leavers in Cornwall

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Friday, August 25, 2017

| CYP Now

Efforts to support the health needs of looked-after children and care leavers in Cornwall have been praised by inspectors.

Children's centres 'should take on mental health role'

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Friday, August 18, 2017

| CYP Now

Government should review the way children's centres are funded and work towards using them as a resource to tackle mental health issues early, a think-tank has said.

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.

Mental health therapy to help jobless young people find work

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Monday, August 14, 2017

| CYP Now

A support programme for young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) is expanding its range of services to include help with mental health problems.

Government to recruit 2,000 additional CAMHS staff

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Monday, July 31, 2017

| CYP Now

The NHS has set out plans to recruit 2,000 more staff for child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in a bid to ensure 70,000 more children and young people can access mental health services by 2020/21.

Temporary work 'placing mental health of young people at risk'

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Thursday, July 27, 2017

| CYP Now

Young people in temporary work are nearly 30 per cent more likely to experience mental health problems than their counterparts in permanent work, a study has found.

Children 'kept in hospital' due to community mental health support shortages

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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

| CYP Now

Young people with mental health problems are having to stay in hospital longer than necessary due to a lack of support in the community, it has been claimed.

Youth mental health participation project set to expand

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Monday, July 24, 2017

| CYP Now

A youth project that enlists 14- to 25-year-olds to improve mental health services for young people is going to be launched in more areas following a successful trial.

Excluded pupils 'being failed on mental health', warns think-tank

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Thursday, July 20, 2017

| CYP Now

A lack of mental health support in schools is ruining the life chances of pupils who end up permanently excluded, a study by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has found.

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.

Charities appeal for action to address underlying issues of substance misuse

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Friday, June 30, 2017

| CYP Now

More needs to be done to identify young people with substance abuse issues and address the underlying issues, two charities have said.

Number of young people receiving mental health support rises to 240,000

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Wednesday, May 24, 2017

| CYP Now

The number of young people in contact with mental health services has passed the 240,000 mark, it has emerged.

Third of children's mental health workers report cuts or closures

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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

| CYP Now

One in three children's mental health workers say their service is suffering cutbacks or facing closure.

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Youth workers to deliver major mental health initiative in schools

Review highlights shortcomings in children's mental health services

Children's mental health green paper 'to feature joint-working duty'

Youth charity launches mentoring initiative

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

Longfield and NHS chief clash over children's mental health

Longfield calls for action on 'shockingly poor' children's mental health treatment

Charity urges action on 'warning sign' of missed mental health appointments

One in four girls depressed by age 14

Care leavers missing out on mental health support, study finds

Study reveals cost benefits of Finnish anti-bullying programme

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

Inspectors praise support for SEND care leavers in Cornwall

Children's centres 'should take on mental health role'

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

Mental health therapy to help jobless young people find work

Government to recruit 2,000 additional CAMHS staff

Temporary work 'placing mental health of young people at risk'

Children 'kept in hospital' due to community mental health support shortages

Youth mental health participation project set to expand

Excluded pupils 'being failed on mental health', warns think-tank

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

Charities appeal for action to address underlying issues of substance misuse

Number of young people receiving mental health support rises to 240,000

Third of children's mental health workers report cuts or closures

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