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Daily roundup: Homelessness, legal system, and children's services

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

News

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.

Nacro appoints Action for Children director as new chief

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Thursday, January 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Crime reduction charity Nacro has appointed a new chief executive to take over from Paul McDowell who leaves next month.

Daily roundup: Child health, inspection reform, and mental health

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Monday, January 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Labour pushes for ban on smoking in cars carrying children; Gove gives Wilshaw vote of confidence over think tank reports; and children with mental health problems still detained in police cells, all in the news today.

Parenting support cuts child conduct disorder

News

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.

Peers defeat 'annoyance' injunction proposals

News

Friday, January 10, 2014

| CYP Now

The House of Lords has blocked government proposals that could have seen injunctions served against children as young as 10 for playing noisily outdoors.

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

News

Thursday, January 9, 2014

| CYP Now

There is an "unhelpful" misperception among the media and public about the nature of out-of-authority placements for looked-after children, council care managers have said.

Mental health service deficiencies ‘undermine penal support pilot'

News

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Mental health and penal reform campaigners are concerned a government scheme that will see mental health professionals assess young people's needs soon after arrest could be undermined by a lack of specialist local support.

New Year's Honours celebrate sector's work

News

Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The chief executive of Family Action is among more than 100 people, including youth workers, foster carers and health professionals, awarded a New Year's honour in recognition of their work with children and young people.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Office of the Children's Commissioner reforms

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposals to reform the Office of the Children's Commissioner aim to strengthen children's rights in line with international standards.

PCCs urged to focus on early intervention to cut youth crime

News

Thursday, December 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Early intervention is key to preventing youth crime and should be a priority for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), according to new guidelines.

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.

Struggling YOTs face tougher government intervention

News

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

| CYP Now

Failing youth offending teams (YOTs) will face intervention measures under plans announced by a government minister.

YJB chair criticises scrapping of YOIs for young adults

News

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

| CYP Now

Controversial government plans to scrap young offender institutions (YOIs) for 18- to 20-year-olds have been criticised by the chair of the Youth Justice Board (YJB).

Councils ‘turn around' one in three troubled families

News

Monday, November 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authorities in England have "turned around" the lives of more than one in three struggling families they have been working intensively with as part of the government's Troubled Families programme.

UK children's rights record fails to improve

News

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

| CYP Now

The UK's record on protecting children and young people's human rights has failed to improve over the past year because of systemic problems with government policy and public service delivery, the Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) has said.

Inspectorates to assess alcohol role in girl offending

News

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Criminal justice inspectorates in England and Wales are to carry out an investigation into the effectiveness of services that work with girl offenders.

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Daily roundup: Homelessness, legal system, and children's services

Magistrates to oversee community supervision of young offenders

YJB toolkit aims to cut youth reoffending rates

Lack of joined-up mental health support fails young offenders

Budget 2014: Troubled Families expansion brought forward

Children and Families Act 2014

Inspectors call for urgent improvements at Portsmouth YOT

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

Daily roundup: Youth custody, child health, and charity leadership

Legal Update: Children's overnight stays in cells

Nacro appoints Action for Children director as new chief

Daily roundup: Child health, inspection reform, and mental health

Parenting support cuts child conduct disorder

Peers defeat 'annoyance' injunction proposals

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

Mental health service deficiencies ‘undermine penal support pilot'

New Year's Honours celebrate sector's work

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Office of the Children's Commissioner reforms

PCCs urged to focus on early intervention to cut youth crime

Cutting care home offending needs greater focus, says DfE

Struggling YOTs face tougher government intervention

YJB chair criticises scrapping of YOIs for young adults

Councils ‘turn around' one in three troubled families

UK children's rights record fails to improve

Inspectorates to assess alcohol role in girl offending

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