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Call for youth justice guidance to be strengthened

Thursday, October 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposed new guidance on how youth offending teams are managed and structured risks failing to address key staffing concerns, it has been claimed.

London mayor's resettlement scheme suffers further delay

News

Thursday, October 3, 2013

| CYP Now

A provider for a major young offender resettlement scheme has yet to be appointed more than a year after the scheduled launch date, CYP Now has learned.

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

News

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.

Youth justice roundup

Other

Thursday, September 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Troubled families progress, inspection of young offender institution for young women, and child sexual exploitation, all in the news in the past seven days.

Daily roundup: Troubled families, sexual exploitation, and childhood obesity

Other

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

| CYP Now

14,000 families turned around in government scheme; authorities failing sexually exploited Asian girls; and health visitors "worry about offending parents", all in the news today.

Youth justice roundup

Other

Thursday, August 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth offending service praised, school exclusions and grants to address anti-social behaviour, all in the news in the past seven days.

Daily roundup: School uniforms, A-Levels, and court cases

Other

Thursday, August 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Charity calls for school uniforms to be ditched, the proportion of top A-Level grades is down on last year, and a minister wants more young offenders dealt with in youth courts, all in the news today.

Youth justice roundup

Other

Thursday, August 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Justice Secretary wants more cases heard in magistrates' courts; drop in youth offending in Hartlepool, and rise in ADHD drug prescriptions, all in the news in the past seven days.

Expert panel heralds 'promising' youth justice schemes

News

Thursday, August 8, 2013

| CYP Now

A new expert panel on youth justice has highlighted the effectiveness of three initiatives, paving the way for them to be used more widely by youth offending teams (YOTs) across England and Wales.

Youth justice roundup

Other

Thursday, August 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Railway arrests, cash from criminals, and coastal decline, all in the news in the past seven days.

Inspectors criticise Croydon youth offending service

News

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth offending staff in Croydon have been criticised by inspectors for failing to protect members of the public from the young people they work with.

Youth reoffending rates on the rise

News

Friday, July 26, 2013

| CYP Now

The number of young people reoffending is rising, according to the latest government data.

YJB lauds work with female offenders

News

Thursday, June 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth offending teams in the East Midlands have been praised by Youth Justice Board (YJB) bosses for their work to rehabilitate young girls.

Legal aid changes could damage living conditions for young prisoners, YOTs warn

News

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

| CYP Now

It will be harder for young people held in youth prisons to challenge their treatment and living conditions if planned changes to legal aid are pushed through, youth offending team (YOT) managers have warned.

Prisons inspectorate blasts Ashfield YOI for unacceptable levels of violence

News

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

| CYP Now

A young offender institution has "compromised the safety" of young people, with some suffering broken bones at the hands of staff, an official report says.

Number of first-time young offenders fell by a quarter in 2012

News

Friday, May 31, 2013

| CYP Now

The number of young people getting into trouble with the law for the first time is continuing to plummet, latest figures show.

YOTs urged to improve data sharing on imprisoned children

News

Thursday, May 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth offending teams (YOTs) have been told to improve the way they share information on young people sentenced to custody to make services more efficient and safe.

Inspectors criticise Blackpool youth offending service

News

Thursday, May 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Blackpool's youth offending service has been told to improve after inspectors judged key areas of work including reoffending and child protection to be "unsatisfactory".

Hinnigan outlines revised guidance plans for YOTs

News

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

| CYP Now

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.

Girls in gangs ‘face greater mental health risks'

News

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.

MoJ shelves plans to transfer custody budgets

News

Thursday, May 16, 2013

| CYP Now

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has no plans to devolve the cost of youth custody to local authorities once a high-profile pilot project finishes this year, it has emerged.

‘Mini' inspections reveal mixed picture for YOTs

News

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Three youth offending teams have been praised following "mini" inspections as part of a new system of rating work with young offenders.

Daily roundup: Sex offenders, youth crime ambassador, and gang intervention

Other

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

| CYP Now

Calls for lower threshold for sex offender orders, decision to appoint £22k youth ambassador criticised, and Iain Duncan-Smith pledges to help gangs project, all in the news today.