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Chief inspectors criticise services for looked-after children

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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

| CYP Now

Looked-after children are not receiving good-enough support, according to a report by a group of chief inspectors.

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. ?

Call for clampdown on 'needless' arrests of girls

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

| CYP Now

A prison campaign group has called for police to deal with more girls informally, suggesting that tens of thousands are arrested needlessly each year.

Government adviser Andrew Povey questions efficacy of safeguarding boards, YJB and Cafcass

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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

| CYP Now

A government adviser has suggested Local Safeguarding Children Boards and the Youth Justice Board are unnecessary, and that the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) should be scrapped.

Probation staff face rising levels of abuse on offender work schemes

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

| CYP Now

Supervisors working with young offenders on unpaid work schemes are facing increasing levels of violence and verbal abuse, a survey has found.

YJB convention: Home Office funds projects to tackle youth extremism

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Thursday, November 27, 2008

| CYP Now

Fifty-one Home Office-funded projects to tackle violent youth extremism will go live next year.

Young people in secure settings asked about crime and safety

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Friday, December 5, 2008

| CYP Now

Young people with psychiatric illnesses have taken part in workshops to find out their views on crime and staying safe.

Home Office to take 'immediate' action on DNA database

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

| CYP Now

The DNA of around 70 under-10s will be "immediately" removed from the police database but under-18s will continue to be added.

Children's services directors honoured in new year list

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Thursday, January 1, 2009

| CYP Now

Hampshire's director of children's services John Coughlan and Dudley DCS John Freeman are among more than 100 people honoured for their work with children and young people this new year.

London mayor's office reveals details of Project Oracle evaluation programme

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

| CYP Now

The mayor of London's office has unveiled further details about its evaluation programme to measure the impact of youth projects in the capital.

YJB resolves dispute over funding for social workers in YOIs

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Thursday, May 12, 2011

| CYP Now

Funding for social worker posts in young offender institutions (YOIs) has been agreed, ending two years of uncertainty over the positions, CYP Now can reveal.

Electronic tag fitted to 11-year-old

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's rights campaigners have condemned a court's decision to fit an 11-year-old boy with an electronic tag.

Government 'must legislate to reduce youth custody'

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Friday, June 3, 2011

| CYP Now

Primary legislation is needed to meet the government's aim of reducing levels of youth custody, it has been claimed.

Magistrates issue 'exemption clause' warning

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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

| CYP Now

Magistrates have added their voice to fears that measures in the Children and Social Work Bill to allow councils to opt out of children's legislation will undermine the rights of vulnerable young people.

Think tank says 50,000 young people in violent gangs

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Monday, February 9, 2009

| CYP Now

Up to 50,000 young people in the UK are members of violent gangs, according to a report from the think tank set up by former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith.

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Chief inspectors criticise services for looked-after children

Call to tackle police violence against young people

Call for clampdown on 'needless' arrests of girls

Government adviser Andrew Povey questions efficacy of safeguarding boards, YJB and Cafcass

Probation staff face rising levels of abuse on offender work schemes

YJB convention: Home Office funds projects to tackle youth extremism

Young people in secure settings asked about crime and safety

Home Office to take 'immediate' action on DNA database

Children's services directors honoured in new year list

London mayor's office reveals details of Project Oracle evaluation programme

YJB resolves dispute over funding for social workers in YOIs

Electronic tag fitted to 11-year-old

Government 'must legislate to reduce youth custody'

Magistrates issue 'exemption clause' warning

Think tank says 50,000 young people in violent gangs

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