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Young people gain skills to leave crime behind

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.

One in three children in care enter youth justice system, study finds

News

Monday, September 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Children who have been in care are more likely to be involved with the youth justice system, a new study has found.

MPs call for statutory definition of child criminal exploitation

News

Friday, September 22, 2023

| CYP Now

A group of cross-party MPs has called for a statutory definition of child criminal exploitation (CCE) in a letter to Education Secretary Gillian Keegan.

Child impact assessments give courts full picture

Opinion

Thursday, September 21, 2023

| CYP Now

Steph is the mother of two children. Recently she was facing a court hearing that seemed almost certain to lead to her being sent to prison.

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training 2023/24

Features

Friday, September 1, 2023

| CYP Now

With many parts of the sector facing recruitment challenges, Joe Lepper identifies developments in entry-level requirements and ongoing professional development for children's services practitioners.

Guide to Qualifications and Training: Youth Justice

Other

Friday, September 1, 2023

| CYP Now

Leaving rates among prison and probation staff have been rising each year since 2017, according to HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) figures.

MoJ considers stripping councils of youth remand funding

News

Thursday, August 31, 2023

| CYP Now

Stripping local authorities of funding designed to incentivise alternatives to remand for children known to youth offending teams (YOTs) is among proposals put forward in a government consultation on reforming remand funding arrangements.

Inside CYP Now this month: Residential youth work, Care Review pilot, youth justice trends

News

Thursday, August 31, 2023

| CYP Now

The September edition of Children & Young People Now has all the latest news, views and analysis on the key issues affecting services for children, young people and families.

Partnership offers alternative to custody in London

Best Practice

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

The London Accommodation Pathfinder takes an innovative approach to supporting young people on remand who would otherwise be in custody.

How I Got Here: Juliette Greenwich, Engage programme youth worker

Best Practice

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Juliette Greenwich, Engage programme youth worker at London VRU, on some of the milestones in her career journey to date.

Justin Russell charts key youth justice developments

Analysis

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

The outgoing chief inspector of probation charts key changes in youth justice system during his tenure.

Training: Yorkshire YJS partnership delivers results

Other

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Resettlement consortium in Yorkshire boosts the skills of youth offending practitioners and improves outcomes for young people despite the challenges of Covid and limited budgets.

Catch22 helps young people get on right road

Best Practice

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Not-for-profit organisation delivers discussion-based workshops as part of a programme to break gang and violence ideation among young adults in custody.