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MPs call for statutory definition of child criminal exploitation

Friday, September 22, 2023

| CYP Now

A group of cross-party MPs has called for a statutory definition of child criminal exploitation (CCE) in a letter to Education Secretary Gillian Keegan.

MoJ considers stripping councils of youth remand funding

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Thursday, August 31, 2023

| CYP Now

Stripping local authorities of funding designed to incentivise alternatives to remand for children known to youth offending teams (YOTs) is among proposals put forward in a government consultation on reforming remand funding arrangements.

Inside CYP Now this month: Residential youth work, Care Review pilot, youth justice trends

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Thursday, August 31, 2023

| CYP Now

The September edition of Children & Young People Now has all the latest news, views and analysis on the key issues affecting services for children, young people and families.

Joint inspections to focus on serious youth violence

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Multi-agency responses to serious youth violence will be the focus of joint inspections from next month, the government has announced.

Government bans use of painful restraint in youth custody estate

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023

| CYP Now

The government has banned the use of pain-inducing techniques as an official form of restraint across the youth secure estate but is still allowing such methods to take place in emergencies where there is a risk to life.

Mandatory reporting professionals list ‘too narrow’, warn campaigners

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Wednesday, August 16, 2023

| CYP Now

The list of professions that the proposed mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse is planned to cover is “too narrow”, children's rights campaign group Article 39 is warning.

Howard League video combats lack of understanding around prison recall

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Monday, August 14, 2023

| CYP Now

A new video has been designed to better explain the recall process for young people released from custody.

Youth justice staff 'need more training in trauma-informed practice'

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Tuesday, August 8, 2023

| CYP Now

Greater training on trauma-informed practice and clinical supervision for youth justice workers is needed to offer more beneficial support for children involved in serious youth violence, according to new research.

Prisons watchdog warns of 'heightened' problems in YOIs

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Thursday, August 3, 2023

| CYP Now

Urgent action is needed to improve an “endemic” of poor conditions in young offender institutions (YOIs), the chair of a prisons watchdog has warned.

Inspectors praise youth justice service’s co-creation of support with children

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Thursday, August 3, 2023

| CYP Now

Northumberland youth justice service has been praised by inspectors for its work with children and families to design support and ways to tackle reoffending.

Researchers investigate support for families left bereaved by youth violence

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Wednesday, August 2, 2023

| CYP Now

Families and friends who have lost a loved one through youth violence are being urged to take part in research looking at the bereavement support they receive.

Former Glasgow education director appointed to reduce school exclusions in London

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Wednesday, August 2, 2023

| CYP Now

An education consultant who slashed school exclusions by 90 per cent in Glasgow has been appointed to help improve accessibility to learning and reduce exclusion rates across London.

'Financial pressure' led to cancellation of MoJ youth custody resettlement programme

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Friday, July 21, 2023

| CYP Now

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has scrapped plans to commission a resettlement programme aimed at supporting children leaving secure settings due to “financial and inflationary pressure”, CYP Now has revealed.

Under-reporting of exploitation leaving girls invisible to services, commission warns

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023

| CYP Now

The under-reporting of concerns related to gang exploitation is leaving tens of thousands of vulnerable girls without access to help from children’s services, a report is warning.

Sector demands Kent YOI closure after damning report

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

| CYP Now

Youth justice charities are warning that Cookham Wood Young Offenders Institution (YOI) is “unfit” for purpose and should be closed after an HM Inspectorate of Prisons report laid bare extensive safeguarding failures and poor conditions.

‘Grave concerns’ raised over rising population of 18-year-olds in youth custody

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Thursday, July 13, 2023

| CYP Now

Prisons minister Damian Hinds has been urged to publish clear plans to address an increase in young people over the age of 18 being held in the children’s secure estate amid "grave concerns" from youth justice organisations.

Keeping children apart fails to tackle youth custody violence, inspectors warn

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

| CYP Now

Young offender institutions (YOI) are being called on by inspectors to cut down the use of "keep apart" lists to reduce violence among children in custody.

Social impact film pushes for community safeguarding to tackle youth exploitation

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

| CYP Now

A new short film, co-designed with young people, is advocating for contextualised safeguarding and community intervention to tackle youth exploitation and grooming.

Youth Justice Board moves to tackle probation officer recruitment crisis

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Wednesday, July 5, 2023

| CYP Now

The Ministry of Justice and Youth Justice Board (YJB) have laid out plans to fill increasing numbers of probation officer vacancies in the youth justice system.

Police uplift could pull more children into youth justice system, YJB chair warns

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Monday, July 3, 2023

| CYP Now

An increase in new officers recruited as part of the government’s police uplift programme could draw more children into the youth justice system, the chair of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) Keith Fraser has warned.

Youth justice inspectorate calls for training and education improvements

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Opportunities to take part in education, training and employment (ETE) among children supported by youth justice services in the community are “variable and inconsistent” and in need of improvement, according to report by probation inspectors.

Half of children deprived of liberty placed in unregistered settings

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Thursday, June 22, 2023

| CYP Now

More than half of children subjected to a deprivation of liberty (DoL) order in July and August last year were placed in at least one unregistered setting in the first six months of the order being granted, new analysis finds.

Child Q report: Multi-agency strategy needed to ‘eradicate racism’ in Hackney

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

| CYP Now

Hackney Council must develop a multi-agency strategy to eradicate racism in the London borough, a report examining its response to the strip-searching of schoolgirl Child Q recommends.

London mayor invests £10m to boost mentoring support for young people

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023

| CYP Now

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced a further investment of £10m into mentoring for vulnerable young people, as part of a £34m package of support to help those most at risk of exploitation or exposure to violence.

Breakdown in multi-agency risk intelligence criticised in review of teenager's death

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Thursday, June 8, 2023

| CYP Now

A breakdown in intelligence, around the risks faced by a teenage boy from criminals, has emerged in a child safeguarding practice review into his fatal stabbing two years ago.

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MPs call for statutory definition of child criminal exploitation

MoJ considers stripping councils of youth remand funding

Inside CYP Now this month: Residential youth work, Care Review pilot, youth justice trends

Joint inspections to focus on serious youth violence

Government bans use of painful restraint in youth custody estate

Mandatory reporting professionals list ‘too narrow’, warn campaigners

Howard League video combats lack of understanding around prison recall

Youth justice staff 'need more training in trauma-informed practice'

Prisons watchdog warns of 'heightened' problems in YOIs

Inspectors praise youth justice service’s co-creation of support with children

Researchers investigate support for families left bereaved by youth violence

Former Glasgow education director appointed to reduce school exclusions in London

'Financial pressure' led to cancellation of MoJ youth custody resettlement programme

Under-reporting of exploitation leaving girls invisible to services, commission warns

Sector demands Kent YOI closure after damning report

‘Grave concerns’ raised over rising population of 18-year-olds in youth custody

Keeping children apart fails to tackle youth custody violence, inspectors warn

Social impact film pushes for community safeguarding to tackle youth exploitation

Youth Justice Board moves to tackle probation officer recruitment crisis

Police uplift could pull more children into youth justice system, YJB chair warns

Youth justice inspectorate calls for training and education improvements

Half of children deprived of liberty placed in unregistered settings

Child Q report: Multi-agency strategy needed to ‘eradicate racism’ in Hackney

London mayor invests £10m to boost mentoring support for young people

Breakdown in multi-agency risk intelligence criticised in review of teenager's death

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