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‘Outstanding’ ratings for two youth offending services

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Thursday, August 26, 2021

| CYP Now

Two local authorities have had their youth offending services (YOS) rated “outstanding” by inspectors.

Inspectors blame council failings for unsafe placement of young offenders

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Thursday, December 14, 2017

| CYP Now

Council failures are to blame for the placement of one in three homeless young offenders in unsuitable and unsafe accommodation across England and Wales, according to probation inspectors.

Truss strips YJB of youth custody role

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Friday, February 24, 2017

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) will no longer be responsible for commissioning and overseeing the youth secure estate, with a new body being established to take on the role, it has been announced.

Call to tackle police violence against young people

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Thursday, October 13, 2016

| CYP Now

Police officers should receive specific training on how to communicate and deal with children and young people, as part of efforts to tackle the use of violence against them, a children's rights organisation has said. ?

Government minister appointed to lead Youth Justice Board

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Government minister Lord McNally has been appointed as the new chair of the Youth Justice Board, it has been announced.

Self-harm in youth custody on the rise

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Friday, January 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Young people in custody are increasingly likely to harm themselves, latest figures show.

NCS under consideration as 'intervention' for young offenders

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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

The government's flagship National Citizens Service (NCS) has been mooted as a way of getting young offenders back on track, CYP Now can reveal.??

Youth offending team inspections suspended as YJB confirms £9m cuts

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Thursday, November 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Inspections of local authority youth offending teams (YOTs) will be suspended for a period as part of efforts to help them cope with £9m of in-year cuts that have been rubber-stamped by the Youth Justice Board.

Youth remand continues to fall

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Thursday, October 8, 2015

| CYP Now

The amount of time spent by young people on remand in youth custody has fallen for the second year in a row, government figures show.

Fears cuts to YOTs will trigger youth custody rise

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Monday, October 5, 2015

| CYP Now

More children and young people could end up in custody if proposed emergency cuts to funding for youth offending teams (YOTs) are rubber-stamped, local government leaders have warned.

Independent trust's youth offending work deemed 'unsatisfactory'

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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The first independent trust to be established by government to take on failing children's services has been told to improve its youth offending services after inspectors judged several areas of its work "unsatisfactory".

Children's services chiefs hit out at youth justice cuts

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Thursday, September 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to make emergency in-year cuts of £13.5m to youth justice work have been blasted by children's services chiefs and youth justice managers.

Gove orders review of youth justice system

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Friday, September 11, 2015

| CYP Now

A former government adviser on school behaviour will head a review of the youth justice system, Justice Secretary Michael Gove has announced.

G4S loses contract for STC where staff degraded young people

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Friday, September 4, 2015

| CYP Now

A secure training centre (STC) where young people were subjected to degrading treatment and racist abuse from prison officers will be placed under new management, it has been announced.

Youth reoffending on the increase

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Thursday, July 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Numbers of young offenders going on to commit further crimes has increased, latest statistics show.

Bid to repair reputation of STC where staff 'degraded' young people

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Friday, July 24, 2015

| CYP Now

The private firm that runs a secure training centre where staff were found to have degraded and racially abused young people has called for a reinspection of the establishment in a bid to restore its reputation.

YOTs 'failing to learn' from serious incidents involving young offenders

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Monday, June 29, 2015

| CYP Now

Lessons are not being learned from serious incidents such as rape and murder committed by young offenders known to youth justice services, a review has found.

YOTs boycott secure training centre over scathing inspection

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Thursday, June 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Youth offending teams (YOTs) are refusing to send young people to a secure training centre that was blasted by inspectors for incidents of gross misconduct by staff, it has emerged.

Managers brand youth offending team stocktake ‘a cover for cuts'

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Friday, May 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Youth offending team (YOT) managers have criticised a "biased" government review of their work, claiming it is simply concerned with earmarking potential cuts.

Further fall in number of first-time young offenders

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of young people convicted for an offence for the first time is continuing to fall, latest Ministry of Justice figures have revealed.

Inspectors criticise efforts to tackle youth reoffending in London borough

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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Bromley Youth Offending Service (YOS) has come in for criticism for failing to do enough to tackle high reoffending rates for young offenders.

YOT managers voice scepticism of young offenders transition protocol

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Thursday, April 9, 2015

| CYP Now

Youth offending team (YOT) leaders have rubbished Youth Justice Board (YJB) efforts to stop 18-year-old offenders "falling off a precipice" when they move from youth to adult services.

YOTs to take on young offender curfew monitoring

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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils will not receive any extra money when they take over responsibility for youth offender curfew monitoring in two months' time.

Government scheme helps councils cut custody use

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Friday, March 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Youth custody levels were cut by around 40 per cent in areas piloting a government scheme offering councils cash to find alternatives to prison.

Trafford YOS maintains high standards

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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

| CYP Now

Trafford Youth Offending Service (YOS) has been praised by inspectors for its work to protect the public and reduce reoffending.

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‘Outstanding’ ratings for two youth offending services

Inspectors blame council failings for unsafe placement of young offenders

Truss strips YJB of youth custody role

Call to tackle police violence against young people

Government minister appointed to lead Youth Justice Board

Self-harm in youth custody on the rise

NCS under consideration as 'intervention' for young offenders

Youth offending team inspections suspended as YJB confirms £9m cuts

Youth remand continues to fall

Fears cuts to YOTs will trigger youth custody rise

Independent trust's youth offending work deemed 'unsatisfactory'

Children's services chiefs hit out at youth justice cuts

Gove orders review of youth justice system

G4S loses contract for STC where staff degraded young people

Youth reoffending on the increase

Bid to repair reputation of STC where staff 'degraded' young people

YOTs 'failing to learn' from serious incidents involving young offenders

YOTs boycott secure training centre over scathing inspection

Managers brand youth offending team stocktake ‘a cover for cuts'

Further fall in number of first-time young offenders

Inspectors criticise efforts to tackle youth reoffending in London borough

YOT managers voice scepticism of young offenders transition protocol

YOTs to take on young offender curfew monitoring

Government scheme helps councils cut custody use

Trafford YOS maintains high standards

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