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Youth Justice Board announces permanent chief executive

Friday, November 24, 2023

| CYP Now

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

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

| CYP Now

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

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Monday, November 20, 2023

| CYP Now

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

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Monday, November 13, 2023

| CYP Now

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

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

| CYP Now

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

IOPC youth panel launches survey to gather views on policing

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Former prisons ombudsman appointed as chief inspector of probation

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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

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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

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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.

MoJ considers stripping councils of youth remand funding

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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

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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.

Joint inspections to focus on serious youth violence

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Multi-agency responses to serious youth violence will be the focus of joint inspections from next month, the government has announced.

Government bans use of painful restraint in youth custody estate

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023

| CYP Now

The government has banned the use of pain-inducing techniques as an official form of restraint across the youth secure estate but is still allowing such methods to take place in emergencies where there is a risk to life.

Mandatory reporting professionals list ‘too narrow’, warn campaigners

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Wednesday, August 16, 2023

| CYP Now

The list of professions that the proposed mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse is planned to cover is “too narrow”, children's rights campaign group Article 39 is warning.

Howard League video combats lack of understanding around prison recall

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Monday, August 14, 2023

| CYP Now

A new video has been designed to better explain the recall process for young people released from custody.

Youth justice staff 'need more training in trauma-informed practice'

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Tuesday, August 8, 2023

| CYP Now

Greater training on trauma-informed practice and clinical supervision for youth justice workers is needed to offer more beneficial support for children involved in serious youth violence, according to new research.

Prisons watchdog warns of 'heightened' problems in YOIs

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Thursday, August 3, 2023

| CYP Now

Urgent action is needed to improve an “endemic” of poor conditions in young offender institutions (YOIs), the chair of a prisons watchdog has warned.

Inspectors praise youth justice service’s co-creation of support with children

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Thursday, August 3, 2023

| CYP Now

Northumberland youth justice service has been praised by inspectors for its work with children and families to design support and ways to tackle reoffending.

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Youth Justice Board announces permanent chief executive

Majority of children in custody have been in care, report finds

Praise for Oakhill STC's greater focus on child-first practice

Almost half of teenagers are victims or witnesses of violence, study warns

Inspectors praise ‘highly regarded’ youth justice team

IOPC youth panel launches survey to gather views on policing

Snapchat campaign to combat knife crime engages thousands of children

Praise for council’s ‘diverse’ youth justice workforce

Review highlights safeguarding failures in case of girl convicted of manslaughter

Labour Conference 2023: Yvette Cooper reveals ‘Sure Start for teenagers’ plan

Children’s commissioner criticises proposed use of pepper spray in YOIs

Home Office and YEF to invest in childhood trauma response training

Mayor of London invests £3.4m in after-school programmes to reduce violence

Former prisons ombudsman appointed as chief inspector of probation

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

MPs call for statutory definition of child criminal exploitation

MoJ considers stripping councils of youth remand funding

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

Joint inspections to focus on serious youth violence

Government bans use of painful restraint in youth custody estate

Mandatory reporting professionals list ‘too narrow’, warn campaigners

Howard League video combats lack of understanding around prison recall

Youth justice staff 'need more training in trauma-informed practice'

Prisons watchdog warns of 'heightened' problems in YOIs

Inspectors praise youth justice service’s co-creation of support with children

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