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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

News

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

News

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.

Daily roundup: Child abuse, mental health beds and legal aid risk

Other

Friday, July 11, 2014

| CYP Now

PM's child abuse adviser warns of 1980s "chumocracy"; NHS England plans extra mental health beds for children and young people; and the Children's Society criticises government legal aid bid, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Happiness, volunteering for athletes, and child porn arrest

Other

Thursday, October 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Young people are the happiest age group in UK, Olympic hopefuls to be made to volunteer, and Harrow lead member resigns following child porn arrest, all in the news today.

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

News

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’

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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'

News

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'

News

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.

Youth justice roundup

Other

Thursday, August 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Justice Secretary wants more cases heard in magistrates' courts; drop in youth offending in Hartlepool, and rise in ADHD drug prescriptions, all in the news in the past seven days.

Gang hotspots failing to confront young people's health issues

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

Friday, August 28, 2015

| CYP Now

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

NHS specialists and secure setting staff create therapeutic environment to address complex issues

Best Practice

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Secure Stairs has been delivering practical solutions to support children and young people in secure settings as part of a wider government strategy to address their complex psychological needs.

Young offenders reap benefits of speech therapy

News

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

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.

YOTs told to make case for mental health investment

News

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

News

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.

Just Health

Best Practice

Monday, April 10, 2017

| CYP Now

Consultation gathered young people's views on what needs to change in the youth justice system to improve their emotional health.

Daily roundup: Adoption adverts, mental health services, and children's centre closures

Other

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Adoption agency places adverts featuring real children; report questions progress on mental health provision for young offenders; and politicians in Kent give green light to children's centre closures, all in the news today.

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

News

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.

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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

Daily roundup: Child abuse, mental health beds and legal aid risk

Daily roundup: Happiness, volunteering for athletes, and child porn arrest

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'

Youth justice roundup

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

NHS specialists and secure setting staff create therapeutic environment to address complex issues

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

Just Health

Daily roundup: Adoption adverts, mental health services, and children's centre closures

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

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