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Daily roundup: Benefit reforms, 17-year-olds in custody, and unqualified teachers

Monday, March 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Archbishop issues warning on benefit changes, a call for 17-year-olds in police custody to be treated as children, and unqualified teachers being recruited by free schools, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Primary classes, social care and spare rooms

Other

Friday, March 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Study calls for primary children to be grouped by ability not age, Peterborough improves its social care, and a charity launches a drive to help young homeless people, all in today's news.

Daily roundup: Children's heart surgery, social work in schools, and single-parent households

Other

Thursday, March 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Success for children's heart surgery campaign in Leeds, Lancashire to employ social workers in schools, and increasing numbers of households headed by single parents, all in today's news.

Daily roundup: Youth remand funding, foster families' bedroom tax, and child sexual abuse strategy

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

| CYP Now

London Councils has written to the government voicing "serious concerns" about youth remand funding, children's charities have called for a U-turn on the bedroom tax, and ACPO has announced reforms to child sexual abuse policy, all in the news today.

Ask the Expert: Calming tensions with the police

Other

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

News roundup: Forced marriages, school places appeals and higher targets for primary schools

Other

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Up to 250 children helped by forced marriage team; concerns that school places appeals system is "unfair", and primary schools told to achieve higher standards, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Antisocial behaviour law reforms

Other

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

The Antisocial Behaviour Bill 2012 proposes extensive changes, including to the use of injunctions on children. Christopher Sykes, legal officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the proposals

Review: Reoffending

Other

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Reoffending: A practitioner's guide to working with offenders and offending behaviour in the Criminal Justice System

PCCs set out stall for children

Other

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Police and crime commissioners outline how services for the young will fare under the new system

Children and Families Bill must heed children's views

Other

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

The Children and Families Bill, which began its second reading in parliament last week, focuses in large part on the most vulnerable children in society.

Should private providers run the youth secure estate?

Other

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Research by the think-tank Reform suggests private sector prisons are better at reducing reoffending

Consultation: Transforming Youth Custody: Putting education at the heart of detention

Other

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Good Idea: Triage scheme to divert young offenders from custody

Other

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Low-level young offenders are diverted from the criminal justice system by taking part in community payback schemes, reparation projects and other restorative programmes

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, What Works Network, and strip-searching

Other

Monday, March 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Disabled children start legal bid on room-sharing plans; policy advice network launches, and concerns over prevalence of strip-searching in youth custody, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child sexual exploitation; speech and language needs, and UKBA

Other

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

| CYP Now

Head teachers branded too "hesitant" to tackle child sexual exploitation; a report into communication needs and social disadvantage, and UKBA backtracks on restraint guidelines for pregnant women, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Funding for young offenders; Birmingham protests, and violence against parents

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authority funding for young offenders is cut; protests over the future of children's services in Birmingham, and European Commission cash for a UK study on violence against parents, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Immigration detention, Scottish children's wards, and ‘peer courts'

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Monday, February 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Outrage over the decision to sanction the use force on pregnant women in immigration detention, a call for a review of children's wards in Scotland, and a 'peer sentencing' pilot Hampshire, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: DfE redundancies, the Work Programme, and funding for rape support services

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Friday, February 22, 2013

| CYP Now

The DfE denies plans to make redundancies as part of cost-cutting measures; the Work Programme is branded "extremely poor" by MPs, and four new rape support services to open, all in the news today.

Prisons to become ‘secure colleges'

Other

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

| CYP Now

The Ministry of Justice wants to transform youth custody with an enhanced focus on education

Legal Update: The Children and Families Bill

Other

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

| CYP Now

The Children and Families Bill includes a number of proposed reforms to existing legislation. Christopher Sykes, legal officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the principal changes

A fresh workforce strategy is vital

Other

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

| CYP Now

The ability to make a difference to children's lives is critically affected by the quality and training of the professionals and practitioners who work with them.

Mutual benefits

Other

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Public sector employees are being encouraged to take control of the services they provide and run them as mutuals. Joe Lepper looks at the experiences of those pioneering the approach in children's services

Youth offending levels on the slide

Other

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Latest statistics paint a mixed picture, with fewer first-time entrants to the system but higher reoffending rates

Education for offenders has to make the grade

Other

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's desire to put education at the centre of youth custody and tackle the stubbornly high reoffending rates - still in excess of 70 per cent - is, on the face of it, welcome.

Daily roundup: Child sexual exploitation; ‘punishment room' claims, and action on junk food

Other

Monday, February 18, 2013

| CYP Now

A campaign to break the taboo of child sexual exploitation, claims of autistic children being ‘locked up' for bad behaviour, and a call for a ban on junk food advertising, all in the news today.

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Daily roundup: Benefit reforms, 17-year-olds in custody, and unqualified teachers

Daily roundup: Primary classes, social care and spare rooms

Daily roundup: Children's heart surgery, social work in schools, and single-parent households

Daily roundup: Youth remand funding, foster families' bedroom tax, and child sexual abuse strategy

Ask the Expert: Calming tensions with the police

News roundup: Forced marriages, school places appeals and higher targets for primary schools

Legal Update: Antisocial behaviour law reforms

Review: Reoffending

PCCs set out stall for children

Children and Families Bill must heed children's views

Should private providers run the youth secure estate?

Consultation: Transforming Youth Custody: Putting education at the heart of detention

Good Idea: Triage scheme to divert young offenders from custody

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, What Works Network, and strip-searching

Daily roundup: Child sexual exploitation; speech and language needs, and UKBA

Daily roundup: Funding for young offenders; Birmingham protests, and violence against parents

Daily roundup: Immigration detention, Scottish children's wards, and ‘peer courts'

Daily roundup: DfE redundancies, the Work Programme, and funding for rape support services

Prisons to become ‘secure colleges'

Legal Update: The Children and Families Bill

A fresh workforce strategy is vital

Mutual benefits

Youth offending levels on the slide

Education for offenders has to make the grade

Daily roundup: Child sexual exploitation; ‘punishment room' claims, and action on junk food

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