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MPs call for ban on cell use for children in mental health crisis

Friday, February 6, 2015

| CYP Now

MPs are calling on health commissioners and ministers to take urgent action to halt the detention of young people in police cells under the Mental Health Act.

LSCBs in crisis due to funding shortfall, report reveals

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Monday, June 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Local safeguarding children's boards (LSCB) are at "breaking point" because their health, criminal justice and education members are failing to provide enough funding or attend meetings, according to a damning report.

Multi-agency partnerships improve child abuse detection

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Multi-agency child protection arrangements are improving information sharing across partner bodies and helping to identify safeguarding problems quicker, a government review of local partnerships has found.

Daily roundup: Unemployment, digital footprints and sexual exploitation

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Fewer children in jobless households, a call for internet guidance for parents, and five arrested by police investigating the alleged rape of 15-year-old, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Single parents, online safety for autistic children and drugs education

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Monday, October 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Charity calls on government to support single parents, a guide to help autistic children use internet, and efforts to make drugs, alcohol and relationship lessons compulsory, all in the news today.

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.

Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Nine out of ten teachers, police officers and social workers are regularly coming into contact with children they suspect to be suffering from neglect, but up to 40 per cent feel powerless to intervene, a report has warned.

Daily roundup: Junk food advertising, police youth ambassador salary and Universal Credit trial

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Monday, April 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Call for crackdown on online marketing of junk food; salary of £25,000 proposed for police youth ambassador, and new welfare system starts, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: New role for ADCS president; support for young carers, and children's services in Salford

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Debbie Jones appointed regional director for Ofsted, a call for more support for young carers, and Salford children's services department improves, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child benefit changes, care proceedings pilot, and how childcare can 'make work pay'

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Monday, October 29, 2012

| CYP Now

A million letters sent to warn parents of child benefit changes, a pilot project reduces the length of care proceedings, and a call for government investment in childcare, all in the news today.

Services urged to build relations with PCCs

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

| CYP Now

New police and crime commissioners will make decisions affecting services for young people across health, education and social care

Daily roundup: Blindness, child arrests and missing children

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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Growing numbers of children suffering blindness; drop in number of children being arrested; and three children in care go missing every day in Merseyside, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child taser cases, mental health attitudes and free school travel

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Surge in child taser cases; scheme tackles mental health stigma; and Bristol to confront baby boom challenge, all in the news today.

Minister criticises Hamzah Khan review findings

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has slammed a review into the death of toddler Hamzah Khan for failing to answer key questions about the case, claiming it contains "glaring absences".

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.

Cells used to hold mentally ill children

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Dozens of children in South West England, some as young as 11, have been held in police cells after being detained under the Mental Health Act, it has been revealed.

FGM helpline makes dozens of referrals to agencies

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Friday, February 7, 2014

| CYP Now

The NSPCC's helpline for reporting suspected cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) has referred dozens of cases to police and children's services since being set up last year.

Daily roundup: Adoptions, exclusions in Wales and immunisation claims

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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

| CYP Now

The number of adoptions creeps up, exclusions of Welsh SEN pupils on the rise, and a website is rapped over immunisation claims, all in the headlines today.

Daily roundup: Adoption pay, tuition fees and dormant accounts

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Thursday, August 9, 2012

| CYP Now

A council places adoption and maternity pay on a level footing, university applications drop, and dormant accounts cash used to fund "floating youth club", all in the news today.

Chief inspectors slam councils' CSE failings

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The chief inspectors of Ofsted and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) have launched a scathing attack on councils' failure to tackle child sexual exploitation (CSE).

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MPs call for ban on cell use for children in mental health crisis

LSCBs in crisis due to funding shortfall, report reveals

Multi-agency partnerships improve child abuse detection

Daily roundup: Unemployment, digital footprints and sexual exploitation

Daily roundup: Single parents, online safety for autistic children and drugs education

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect

Daily roundup: Junk food advertising, police youth ambassador salary and Universal Credit trial

Daily roundup: New role for ADCS president; support for young carers, and children's services in Salford

Daily roundup: Child benefit changes, care proceedings pilot, and how childcare can 'make work pay'

Services urged to build relations with PCCs

Daily roundup: Blindness, child arrests and missing children

Daily roundup: Child taser cases, mental health attitudes and free school travel

Minister criticises Hamzah Khan review findings

Mental health service deficiencies ‘undermine penal support pilot'

Cells used to hold mentally ill children

FGM helpline makes dozens of referrals to agencies

Daily roundup: Adoptions, exclusions in Wales and immunisation claims

Daily roundup: Adoption pay, tuition fees and dormant accounts

Chief inspectors slam councils' CSE failings

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