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A new blueprint for secure care

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

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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

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

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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

Friday, February 16, 2024

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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

Thursday, February 15, 2024

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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

Monday, February 12, 2024

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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

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

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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.

Interview: Steph Roberts-Bibby, chief executive of the Youth Justice Board

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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Fiona Simpson speaks to the new chief executive of the Youth Justice Board.

Limited provision of education undermines positive practice at Parc YOI, inspectors find

Monday, January 29, 2024

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A limited curriculum and weaknesses in the quality of teaching is undermining positive practice at Parc Young Offender Institution (YOI), inspectors have found.

Labour pledges new youth hubs in plan to tackle knife crime

Thursday, January 25, 2024

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The Labour Party has reiterated proposals for a network of youth hubs across the UK in a bid to reduce knife crime among young people.

Number of children entering youth justice system increases for first time in a decade

Thursday, January 25, 2024

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The number of children entering the youth justice system has increased for the first time in 10 years, with more younger children becoming known to services.

London councils develop plan for capital's first secure children’s home

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

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A coalition of London councils has published proposals to develop the capital's first secure children’s home in a bid to alleviate national capacity issues for such settings.

Sexual exploitation review finds child protection failings at Rochdale Council

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

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Rochdale Council and police failed to protect children at risk of sexual exploitation in the Greater Manchester town more than a decade ago, an independent review has found.

Government confirms existence of DoL orders expert group

Friday, January 5, 2024

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The government has confirmed it has established an expert group to tackle the recent sharp rise in the use of deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders for highly vulnerable children.

A five-point plan for urgent youth custody reform

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

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“Youth custody needs urgent reform,” shouted a recent headline. They were not the words of a children’s right lobbyist or penal reformer, but from the newly appointed chief executive of the Youth Justice Board (YJB), Stephanie Roberts-Bibby. A voice from inside government. This is surely significant.

Out-of-court settlement reached over solitary confinement of teenager in Feltham YOI

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

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The government has agreed to pay £31,500 in compensation to a young man who was subjected to “inhumane or degrading treatment” in a London young offender institution as a teenager.

Charity urges police to use pre-court diversion schemes to reduce youth offending

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

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Police forces in England are being urged to use pre-court diversion schemes to reduce rates of re-offending among young people.

How will the The Criminal Justice Bill and Sentencing Bill impact children?

Thursday, December 7, 2023

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Changes to the youth justice system implemented through the Criminal Justice Bill and the Sentencing Bill include £2,500 fines for non-attendance at sentencing hearings for under-18s convicted of the most serious crimes. CYP Now looks at which other measures could impact the youth justice system.

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

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

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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

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

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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

Monday, November 27, 2023

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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

Friday, November 24, 2023

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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

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

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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

Monday, November 20, 2023

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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

Monday, November 13, 2023

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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

Thursday, November 9, 2023

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

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