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YJB highlights good practice around support for girls in youth justice system

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

| CYP Now

A Youth Justice Board (YJB) briefing has identified key challenges and areas of good practice for supporting girls in the youth justice system.

Testing for impact grant

Funding

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

| CYP Now

The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) has launched its latest grant round to test the effectiveness of different approaches to preventing young people becoming involved in crime and violence.

Three quarters of young people awaiting sentence remanded in custody, inspectors find

News

Monday, November 27, 2023

| CYP Now

Less than a quarter of young people awaiting sentence are being offered bail programmes, compared with more than three quarters who are held in custody, according to a new report.

Youth Justice Board announces permanent chief executive

News

Friday, November 24, 2023

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) has named Steph Roberts-Bibby as its new chief executive after she held the post in an interim capacity over the last six months.

Majority of children in custody have been in care, report finds

News

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

| CYP Now

Two-thirds of children in custody have been in local authority care, a new report finds, prompting calls for an improvement in relationships between children and staff to create a “stable environment” for young people.

Praise for Oakhill STC's greater focus on child-first practice

News

Monday, November 20, 2023

| CYP Now

Inspectors have cautiously praised a “tangible change in culture” at Oakhill Secure Training Centre (STC), noting that children at the setting are now “being recognised and treated as children”.

Almost half of teenagers are victims or witnesses of violence, study warns

News

Monday, November 13, 2023

| CYP Now

Almost half of teenagers have been victims or witnesses of violence over the past 12 months, a new report warns.

Inspectors praise ‘highly regarded’ youth justice team

News

Thursday, November 9, 2023

| CYP Now

Cambridgeshire’s youth justice service has been praised by inspectors for the support it gives to young people from its “highly motivated” staff.

Young people gain skills to leave crime behind

Best Practice

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Scheme targets young offenders most at risk of going into custody, giving them the opportunity to develop employability skills to turn their lives around.

IOPC youth panel launches survey to gather views on policing

News

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

The Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) has launched a survey designed by young people to gather their peers’ views on policing in England and Wales.

Snapchat campaign to combat knife crime engages thousands of children

News

Monday, October 23, 2023

| CYP Now

Tens of thousands of young people have engaged with a Snapchat campaign designed by their peers around the dangers of carrying a weapon.

Praise for council’s ‘diverse’ youth justice workforce

News

Monday, October 23, 2023

| CYP Now

Inspectors have praised a London local authority’s youth justice service (YJS) over its diverse workforce and initiatives to prevent reoffending.

Review highlights safeguarding failures in case of girl convicted of manslaughter

News

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

| CYP Now

A safeguarding practice review into the case of a teenage girl who admitted the manslaughter of her mother’s partner has found a raft of failures in the girl's care which led to a lack of protection for both her and the victim.

Labour Conference 2023: Yvette Cooper reveals ‘Sure Start for teenagers’ plan

News

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

| CYP Now

The Labour Party has announced plans to launch a “Sure Start for teenagers” designed to reduce levels of youth violence and poor mental health among young people if elected.

Children’s commissioner criticises proposed use of pepper spray in YOIs

News

Friday, September 29, 2023

| CYP Now

The children’s commissioner for England has raised concerns over the proposed use of pepper spray on children in young offender institutions (YOIs).

Home Office and YEF to invest in childhood trauma response training

News

Friday, September 29, 2023

| CYP Now

The Home Office and the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) will invest in assessing how effective trauma-informed practice is to protect children against violence, it has been announced.

Mayor of London invests £3.4m in after-school programmes to reduce violence

News

Thursday, September 28, 2023

| CYP Now

The Mayor of London has announced a new £3.4m investment for London’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) to help with the prevention of violence during after-school hours.

Inspections clinic: Youth justice services

Features

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

While a new report shows that more young offenders are now accessing better quality specialist services, some areas of concern still remain. Jo Stephenson examines the inspectorate’s findings.

Briefing: custody restraint ban

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Painful restraint on children in secure settings to be banned except in exceptional circumstances.

Former prisons ombudsman appointed as chief inspector of probation

News

Monday, September 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Former prisons and probation ombudsman (PPO) Sue McAllister has been appointed as interim chief inspector of probation following Justin Russell’s decision to step down.

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