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Campaign to improve mental health support for young black men in prisons

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.

Girls in secure estate facing ‘high levels of trauma and risk of self-harm’

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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.

Children's mental health services 'turning away cannabis-related cases'

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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.

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.

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.

Minister outlines £24m young offender mental health programme

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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.

Sector skills organisations announce merger

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Friday, August 28, 2015

| CYP Now

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

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

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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.

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

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Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities have been ordered to undertake an audit of how they respond to child sexual exploitation (CSE) cases in the wake of the Rotherham abuse scandal.

Gyimah handed role to strengthen children's mental health services

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Friday, August 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Childcare minister Sam Gyimah has been handed responsibility for strengthening Department for Education links with child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS).

Commission finds ‘adult bias' in offender diversion services

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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.

Youth justice objectives to be central to Neet reduction drive

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Thursday, May 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Gang members, young offenders, drug users and persistent truants will be among those targeted as part of a government initiative aimed at reducing the number of those not in education, employment or training (Neet).

Performance-related payments ‘too risky' for charities, analysis warns

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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.

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.

Parenting support cuts child conduct disorder

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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.

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

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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'

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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.

Gang hotspots failing to confront young people's health issues

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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.

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Labour's youth justice minister has called for sweeping changes to the way young offenders are dealt with, suggesting that anything that does not work should be ditched.

Royal colleges publish healthcare standards for young people in custody

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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.

Girls in gangs ‘face greater mental health risks'

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Girls with links to gangs are the most vulnerable group in the youth justice system, a study has found.

Daily roundup: Self-harm; Manchester serious case review; and redundancies at the DfE

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Friday, March 1, 2013

| CYP Now

Charities claim the number of children self-harming is on the rise, a serious case review into the death of a four-year-old let down by seven agencies, and a warning over unfair dismissal claims at the DfE, all in the news today.

YOTs told to make case for mental health investment

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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.

Lack of data on schemes to divert children from custody

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

| CYP Now

The success of efforts to divert young people from the criminal justice system at the point of arrest cannot be gauged due to a lack of data, a government evaluation has found.

Neuroscience should influence youth justice policy, academics say

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

| CYP Now

Evidence from neuroscience should be used to drive changes to the youth justice system and prompt investment in early intervention, a group of leading researchers has claimed.

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Campaign to improve mental health support for young black men in prisons

Girls in secure estate facing ‘high levels of trauma and risk of self-harm’

Children's mental health services 'turning away cannabis-related cases'

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

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

Minister outlines £24m young offender mental health programme

Sector skills organisations announce merger

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

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

Gyimah handed role to strengthen children's mental health services

Commission finds ‘adult bias' in offender diversion services

Youth justice objectives to be central to Neet reduction drive

Performance-related payments ‘too risky' for charities, analysis warns

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

Parenting support cuts child conduct disorder

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

Mental health service deficiencies ‘undermine penal support pilot'

Gang hotspots failing to confront young people's health issues

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

Royal colleges publish healthcare standards for young people in custody

Girls in gangs ‘face greater mental health risks'

Daily roundup: Self-harm; Manchester serious case review; and redundancies at the DfE

YOTs told to make case for mental health investment

Lack of data on schemes to divert children from custody

Neuroscience should influence youth justice policy, academics say

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