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A new national unit will be established to help local areas improve support for vulnerable children and young people at risk of exploitation, the Department for Education has announced.

Hinnigan outlines revised guidance plans for YOTs

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

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Updated guidance on the shape and management of youth offending teams (YOTs) is to be issued in light of changes to how they are expected to work, the Youth Justice Board has confirmed.

Intensive support cuts cost of working with a third of troubled families

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Friday, June 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Intensive support can save local authorities up to £130,000 per family but was found to reduce the overall spend on services for only a third of families, a study has found.

Youth police ambassador warns of online dangers

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Friday, August 16, 2013

| CYP Now

One of the country's first youth police ambassadors has warned young people to take more care online in light of growing concerns over cyberbullying and offensive social media messages.

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Labour's youth justice minister has called for sweeping changes to the way young offenders are dealt with, suggesting that anything that does not work should be ditched.

Gyimah handed role to strengthen children's mental health services

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Friday, August 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Childcare minister Sam Gyimah has been handed responsibility for strengthening Department for Education links with child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS).

Youth violence on the rise in young offender institutions

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Youth prisons are getting more violent despite a drop in the number of young people being held in custody, statistics released by the Ministry of Justice have revealed.

YOI conditions deteriorate despite decline in inmate numbers

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

| CYP Now

Conditions for children in youth prisons have got worse over the past year despite the number of those held continuing to drop, a report by the chief inspector of prisons has found.

Social workers advised to visit homes for six months in suspected abuse cases

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

| CYP Now

Social workers should consider home visits for at least six months if there are suspicions that a child is being abused or neglected, new guidance has suggested.

Care system 'fails young offenders' living far from home

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

| CYP Now

Professionals are failing to support young offenders in care placements far from home, a damning inspection report has found.

Services fail young sex offenders, warn inspectors

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Thursday, February 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Children and young people who commit sexual offences are being failed by a lack of timely interventions and appropriate support, a report has warned.

YOIs miss suicide warning signs, finds ombudsman

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Decisions on where to place vulnerable young offenders and the level of support they receive in custody have come in for criticism following investigations into the deaths of three under-18s in youth jails.

Youth Justice Division to replace YJB in April 2012

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Friday, July 15, 2011

| CYP Now

A date of April 2012 has been pencilled in for the abolition of the Youth Justice Board (YJB), to be replaced by a Youth Justice Division, it has emerged.

Fresh abuse allegations at G4S youth custody unit

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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

| CYP Now

New allegations of abuse relating to Medway Secure Training Centre (STC) in Kent have emerged.

Charities urge government action on parental imprisonment

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Monday, February 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Babies of convicted criminals should be treated as a specific vulnerable group by government and impact assessments carried out to identify their needs, a joint report by the NSPCC and Barnardo's has said.

Framework set to improve councils' response to harmful sexual behaviour by children

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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

| CYP Now

A group of charities, youth justice agencies and council leaders have come together to tackle the lack of support for children who display harmful sexual behaviour (HSB).

Police chief urges leniency around children's home incidents

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Police forces should only attend children's homes to tackle extreme incidents of young people's behaviour, the country's top police officer for children's issues has said.

Council children's centre funding cuts double in a year

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Thursday, December 10, 2015

| CYP Now

The pace of cuts to local authority spending on children's centres has doubled over the past year, latest council figures reveal.

Victims of unlawful restraint should be able to sue, says Crae

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

| CYP Now

A children's charity is calling on the government to go through records and identify children who may have been unlawfully restrained to allow them the opportunity to take legal action.

Youth violence: Labour MP calls for action on 'dangerous' drill videos

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Thursday, September 6, 2018

| CYP Now

More must be done to tackle music videos posted to social media sites glamourising drug dealing and murder if high levels serious youth violence are to be addressed, a Labour MP has said.

Girls in gangs ‘face greater mental health risks'

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Girls with links to gangs are the most vulnerable group in the youth justice system, a study has found.

Exploited girls commit crime to escape abusers, report reveals

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Monday, July 9, 2012

| CYP Now

Sexually exploited girls commit crime in order to escape the men who exploit them, but often end up being punished by the authorities rather than helped, a report has found.

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Self-harm in youth custody on the rise

Teenager found hanged at Wetherby Young Offender Institution

Ofsted derails joint child protection inspection plans

DfE announces national unit to tackle child exploitation

Hinnigan outlines revised guidance plans for YOTs

Intensive support cuts cost of working with a third of troubled families

Youth police ambassador warns of online dangers

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

Gyimah handed role to strengthen children's mental health services

Youth violence on the rise in young offender institutions

YOI conditions deteriorate despite decline in inmate numbers

Social workers advised to visit homes for six months in suspected abuse cases

Care system 'fails young offenders' living far from home

Services fail young sex offenders, warn inspectors

YOIs miss suicide warning signs, finds ombudsman

Youth Justice Division to replace YJB in April 2012

Fresh abuse allegations at G4S youth custody unit

Charities urge government action on parental imprisonment

Framework set to improve councils' response to harmful sexual behaviour by children

Police chief urges leniency around children's home incidents

Council children's centre funding cuts double in a year

Victims of unlawful restraint should be able to sue, says Crae

Youth violence: Labour MP calls for action on 'dangerous' drill videos

Girls in gangs ‘face greater mental health risks'

Exploited girls commit crime to escape abusers, report reveals

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