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Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

Monday, January 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Sweeping reform of the youth justice system is necessary to prevent hundreds of children being "needlessly" criminalised and sentenced to custody, according to a think-tank.

CYP Now 2016 Awards revealed on night of huge celebration and pride

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Friday, November 25, 2016

| CYP Now

Twenty-two inspirational and deserving winners were last night revealed at the 2016 CYP Now Awards on an evening of celebration for the children's sector.

Unlawful force contributed to Adam Rickwood's death, inquest finds

News

Thursday, January 27, 2011

| CYP Now

The jury in the second inquest into the death of young offender Adam Rickwood has ruled that an unlawful use of force by professionals contributed to his death.

Gove orders independent review of children's social work

News

Thursday, June 10, 2010

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Michael Gove has today written to Professor Eileen Munro formally inviting her to conduct a review of children's social work.

Government plans to crack down on child sexual exploitation revealed

News

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

| CYP Now

The government is expected to outline plans to improve the court process for child victims of sexual exploitation and ensure all police forces improve their initial response to cases to increase the number of prosecutions.

Safeguarding boards called upon to assess risk of sexual exploitation

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

| CYP Now

All local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) will be required to undertake regular checks to assess whether children in their area are at risk of sexual exploitation, under government plans to tackle the problem.

Trowler calls for greater early help role for social workers

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

| CYP Now

Chief children's social worker for England Isabelle Trowler wants to see social workers more involved in supporting families in early help settings.

Care applications reach new record high

News

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

| CYP Now

The number of care applications has risen by eight per cent in the past year, according to latest statistics from Cafcass.

Struggling council outlines major cuts to early help and youth services

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Tuesday, September 4, 2018

| CYP Now

A financially troubled council is considering cutting funding for young people and families in need of early help by £2.5m in a bid to balance its books.

More than 500,000 children suffer cruelty, says NSPCC

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Thursday, April 18, 2013

| CYP Now

More than half a million children in the UK are abused or neglected at home every year, the NSPCC has claimed.

Scotland set to become first UK country to ban smacking

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Thursday, September 6, 2018

| CYP Now

Legislation has been put forward in Scotland to ban parents from smacking their children.

Daily roundup: Care applications data, sex offenders' register and age of consent

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Care applications up 70 per cent; changes to sex offenders' register rules condemned, and barrister's age of consent comments dismissed as "outdated", all in the news today.

Oakhill STC inspection raises safeguarding concerns

News

Thursday, May 23, 2013

| CYP Now

A secure training centre has been praised for its work with young offenders but has been told to improve child protection procedures.

Damning report calls for safeguarding improvements in Rochdale

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Friday, May 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Rochdale Council did not do enough to prevent teenage girls being groomed and abused in the borough, a report has found.

Use of expert witnesses in family courts is on the slide, finds Cafcass

News

Thursday, June 6, 2013

| CYP Now

The use of expert witnesses in care proceedings cases, particularly independent social workers, has fallen radically over the last three years.

Safeguarding boards to report SCR decisions to new expert panel

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Monday, July 1, 2013

| CYP Now

Heads of local safeguarding children boards (LSCB) must inform a new panel of experts within two weeks if they decide not to conduct a full serious case review (SCR) following a serious incident.

London airport staff lack child protection training, say inspectors

News

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Prison inspectors have criticised the treatment of young asylum seekers held at London City Airport's short-term holding facility.

DfE faces legal action over 'misleading' safeguarding guidance

News

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

| CYP Now

The Department for Education could face legal action for publishing guidance that might lead local authorities to break laws protecting vulnerable children, a charity has claimed.

Government considers next authorities for Doncaster-style intervention

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

| CYP Now

The government is considering taking failing children's services out of local control at a handful of councils, local government children's services chief David Simmonds has said.

NSPCC presses for extension of police child protection training

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Monday, August 19, 2013

| CYP Now

The NSPCC has called for all police officers to receive in-depth child protection training after it emerged that members of a new police taskforce will receive instruction on the issue.

NCAS Conference: Pre-court work cuts care cases, study finds

News

Monday, October 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Pre-proceedings case work in six councils piloting new ways of dealing with care applications cut the number of cases going to court by a quarter, analysis has shown.

Daily roundup: health conditions, parental drinking, and online safety

News

Monday, October 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people with medical conditions to get school support; nearly half of children have witnessed their parents being drunk; and survey finds evidence of risky online behaviour among children, all in the news today.

Councils criticise government over 'real-terms funding cut'

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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

| CYP Now

Concerns have been raised about the ability of local authority children's services to meet escalating demand, after the government announced that councils' spending power is to rise by only 1.5 per cent next year, around half the level of inflation - the equivalent of a real-terms funding cut.

YoungMinds urges better support for childhood trauma victims

News

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

| CYP Now

Supporting children who have been affected by adversity and trauma should be made a public health priority, a mental health charity has said.

Councils call for hospital advisers to protect children from domestic violence

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Saturday, February 17, 2018

| CYP Now

Councils have called for independent domestic violence advisers to be deployed in hospitals as part of efforts to protect children from domestic abuse.

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Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

CYP Now 2016 Awards revealed on night of huge celebration and pride

Unlawful force contributed to Adam Rickwood's death, inquest finds

Gove orders independent review of children's social work

Government plans to crack down on child sexual exploitation revealed

Safeguarding boards called upon to assess risk of sexual exploitation

Trowler calls for greater early help role for social workers

Care applications reach new record high

Struggling council outlines major cuts to early help and youth services

More than 500,000 children suffer cruelty, says NSPCC

Scotland set to become first UK country to ban smacking

Daily roundup: Care applications data, sex offenders' register and age of consent

Oakhill STC inspection raises safeguarding concerns

Damning report calls for safeguarding improvements in Rochdale

Use of expert witnesses in family courts is on the slide, finds Cafcass

Safeguarding boards to report SCR decisions to new expert panel

London airport staff lack child protection training, say inspectors

DfE faces legal action over 'misleading' safeguarding guidance

Government considers next authorities for Doncaster-style intervention

NSPCC presses for extension of police child protection training

NCAS Conference: Pre-court work cuts care cases, study finds

Daily roundup: health conditions, parental drinking, and online safety

Councils criticise government over 'real-terms funding cut'

YoungMinds urges better support for childhood trauma victims

Councils call for hospital advisers to protect children from domestic violence

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