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Neurodiversity support officers to be introduced to youth custody settings

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

| CYP Now

Youth custody settings in England and Wales will benefit from the implementation of neurodiversity support officers, it has been announced.

Local authorities band together to recruit more foster carers

Analysis

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

| CYP Now

Working in regional ‘clusters’, councils are building and testing a new approach to foster carer recruitment through a government-funded programme. Experts outline the impact on the future of fostering.

Scheme tackles harassment in schools

Analysis

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

| CYP Now

London borough develops education programme to teach young people about how to respond to sexual harassment if witnessed.

London council holds consultation on falling school rolls

News

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

| CYP Now

Lambeth Council is holding a public consultation into how to manage falling school rolls in the London borough.

How early intervention supports children’s language development

News

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

| CYP Now

Early support for the one in five children in England who struggle with talking and understanding words is more crucial than ever, with growing gaps in early development.

Oliver Steeper’s death after choking on food at nursery ruled as ‘misadventure’

News

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

| CYP Now

The death of a nine-month-old boy who died after choking on food at nursery has been ruled as “misadventure” following an inquest.

Youth leaders question Conservative plan for national service

News

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

| CYP Now

Conservative plans for a year of compulsory national service for 18-year-olds if the party wins the election on 4 July have raised questions among youth sector leaders.

Examining all aspects of early help

Blogs

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

| CYP Now

Last week, I had the absolute pleasure of attending and speaking at our Eastern Region’s first-ever Early Help Conference.

Youth voice finds a new home

Analysis

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

| CYP Now

National Youth Agency steps up to run the UK Youth Parliament after collapse of previous host body.

UK’s first secure school opens after years of debate and delay

Analysis

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

| CYP Now

CYP Now takes a tour of the Oasis Restore secure school with its state-of-the-art facilities to learn how a new holistic offer for youth justice is designed to shift settings away from punishment towards rehabilitation.

Child mental health crisis: Why it’s important to provide ‘parental pillars’ for employees with kids

Blogs

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

| CYP Now

Parents are becoming more anxious about their children’s mental health than ever before.

Plans to tackle youth vaping and smoking set to be scrapped ahead of election

News

Friday, May 24, 2024

| CYP Now

Major government plans to tackle youth vaping and smoking, including a ban on the marketing of vaping products aimed at children, look set to be scrapped ahead of the general election.

Cookham Wood YOI staff 'unaware of closure plans until last minute'

News

Friday, May 24, 2024

| CYP Now

Staff at Cookham Wood Young Offender Institution (YOI) did not know of plans to close the establishment until shortly before it was announced, leaving young people and workers “in limbo”, inspectors have revealed.

Sector leaders criticise lack of progress two years on from Care Review publication

News

Thursday, May 23, 2024

| CYP Now

Children’s charities and sector leaders have raised concerns about the “painfully slow progress” of implementing reforms to the children’s social care system two years after recommendations were made in Josh MacAlister's Independent Review of Children's Social Care.

Covid inquiry turns attention to pandemic’s impact on children

News

Thursday, May 23, 2024

| CYP Now

The Covid-19 inquiry is to turn its attention to the pandemic’s impact on children, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Conference to examine what works for early help amid cuts to services

News

Thursday, May 23, 2024

| CYP Now

The role of innovative and evidence-based interventions to support vulnerable families against a backdrop of cuts to local authority services is the focus of CYP Now’s Early Help Conference.

Stockport deputy nursery manager jailed over death of nine-month-old

News

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

| CYP Now

The deputy manager of a Stockport nursery, found guilty of the manslaughter of a nine-month-old baby, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Bill to remove profit from children’s care introduced into Welsh Senedd

News

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

| CYP Now

A bill to remove profit from the care of looked-after children has been laid before the Welsh parliament.

Early years business investment could boost economy, royal report finds

News

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

| CYP Now

Investment by the private sector in the early years could add “at least £45.5bn in value” to the UK economy each year, according to research published by the Prince and Princess of Wales’s charity.