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

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.

Greater diversity training for professionals could reduce youth violence, report finds

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Thursday, June 8, 2023

| CYP Now

Professionals working with young people need increased training on recognising discriminatory behaviour and unconscious bias to help reduce youth violence, youth-led research has found.

Inspection skills qualification launches for youth offending inspectors

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

| CYP Now

Inspectors visiting youth offending services are to be offered the chance to qualify for a newly created qualification in inspection skills.

Secure school ‘on track’ to open this year

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Friday, May 26, 2023

| CYP Now

England’s first secure school is “on track” to open at the end of this year, the founder of Oasis charitable trust, which will run the setting, has confirmed.

£7m deterrence programme rolls out to reduce youth violence

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Friday, May 26, 2023

| CYP Now

A £7m programme which uses deterrence techniques to reduce levels of youth violence will launch in five cities across England.

Home Office response to child sexual abuse inquiry ‘will not protect children’, review chair warns

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

| CYP Now

The government’s response to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) “will not provide the protection from sexual abuse that our children deserve”, said the investigation’s chair.

Deprivation of liberty applications rose to record levels in March, figures reveal

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023

| CYP Now

The number of applications to deprive a child of their liberty rose to 142 in March this year, the highest on record.

Children in custody held ‘miles from home’ miss out on family visits, inspectorate warns

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Monday, May 15, 2023

| CYP Now

Four in 10 children in custody are held more than 50 miles from home meaning family visits do not take place regularly, according to HM Inspectorate of Prisons.

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'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

Greater diversity training for professionals could reduce youth violence, report finds

Inspection skills qualification launches for youth offending inspectors

Secure school ‘on track’ to open this year

£7m deterrence programme rolls out to reduce youth violence

Home Office response to child sexual abuse inquiry ‘will not protect children’, review chair warns

Deprivation of liberty applications rose to record levels in March, figures reveal

Children in custody held ‘miles from home’ miss out on family visits, inspectorate warns

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