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Lack of strategy to tackle child criminal exploitation ‘harming young people’

Thursday, March 21, 2024

| CYP Now

The lack of a UK-wide strategy to tackle child criminal exploitation and support children affected by it is resulting in “serious and preventable harm” to young people, a review of the current system finds.

Youth workers step in amid lack of family help to protect children from crime

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Thursday, March 21, 2024

| CYP Now

Youth workers are stepping in to cover for a lack of help from parents and families to prevent children in London from being involved in violent crime, a report has found.

Praise for youth justice staff’s support of children subject to out-of-court disposals

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Friday, March 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Staff at a Berkshire youth justice team have been praised by inspectors for going “above and beyond expectations” to support young people.

Budget 2024: Chancellor commits £165 million to boost children's homes capacity

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

A £165 million boost to increase children’s homes capacity in England is among measures to support children and families included in the government’s latest budget.

Vulnerable girl strip-searched twice by male officers in YOI, report reveals

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

| CYP Now

An “incredibly vulnerable” girl was restrained and stripped twice by male officers at a young offender institution (YOI), a damning report into the treatment of children in the facility has revealed.

Early help key to reducing youth offending, Croydon review finds

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Friday, March 1, 2024

| CYP Now

A review into the involvement of seven young people in the deaths of three others in a south London borough will be used to advise other councils on how to use early help services to divert young people away from violent crime.

Youth services funding cut linked to increased risk of children's involvement in crime

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Friday, March 1, 2024

| CYP Now

Funding for youth work services has fallen by more than 60 per cent over the past decade, with reductions in provision linked to a rise in anti-social behaviour and young people's involvement in crime, according to research commissioned by the government.

Redthread to close Nottinghamshire violence intervention programme

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Friday, March 1, 2024

| CYP Now

Charity Redthread has announced the closure of its Nottinghamshire youth violence intervention programme due to a lack of funding.

A new blueprint for secure care

Features

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

| CYP Now

A shortage of secure placements is affecting the wellbeing of some of the UK’s most vulnerable children. A new research partnership is working with the sector to find out what needs to change.

Improving agencies’ response to tackling serious youth violence

Analysis

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| CYP Now

Review of cases in the London borough of Croydon highlights how safeguarding organisations need to work with vulnerable children as early as possible to reduce the risk of them getting involved in violent incidents

Conditions at YOI getting worse, report warns

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Friday, February 16, 2024

| CYP Now

The “inhumane treatment” of boys at Cookham Wood Young Offender Institution (YOI) has “got worse” over the last year, the setting’s independent monitoring board (IMB) has warned.

Support for youth offending teams could model good practice for adult services, report finds

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Support offered to staff in youth offending teams could be used as a model of effective practice for adult probation services, according to the criminal justice inspectorate.

Met Police failing child exploitation victims, report finds

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Monday, February 12, 2024

| CYP Now

There is an “insufficient focus on child exploitation at a senior level” of the Metropolitan Police, a damning report finds.

Justice and youth work partnerships 'key to continued support' for racially minoritised young people

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

| CYP Now

Improved partnerships between justice services and youth workers are needed to better support racially minoritised young people when they transition between children’s and adult services, according to a report.