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Government confirms existence of DoL orders expert group

Friday, January 5, 2024

| CYP Now

The government has confirmed it has established an expert group to tackle the recent sharp rise in the use of deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders for highly vulnerable children.

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

News

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.

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.

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.

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training 2023/24

Features

Friday, September 1, 2023

| CYP Now

With many parts of the sector facing recruitment challenges, Joe Lepper identifies developments in entry-level requirements and ongoing professional development for children's services practitioners.

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.

Mandatory reporting professionals list ‘too narrow’, warn campaigners

News

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.

Half of children deprived of liberty placed in unregistered settings

News

Thursday, June 22, 2023

| CYP Now

More than half of children subjected to a deprivation of liberty (DoL) order in July and August last year were placed in at least one unregistered setting in the first six months of the order being granted, new analysis finds.

Breakdown in multi-agency risk intelligence criticised in review of teenager's death

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Thursday, June 8, 2023

| CYP Now

A breakdown in intelligence, around the risks faced by a teenage boy from criminals, has emerged in a child safeguarding practice review into his fatal stabbing two years ago.

Home Office response to child sexual abuse inquiry ‘will not protect children’, review chair warns

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

| CYP Now

The government’s response to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) “will not provide the protection from sexual abuse that our children deserve”, said the investigation’s chair.

Deprivation of liberty applications rose to record levels in March, figures reveal

News

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

| CYP Now

The number of applications to deprive a child of their liberty rose to 142 in March this year, the highest on record.

Children’s commissioner: Pornography linked to harmful sexual behaviour among children

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Tuesday, May 9, 2023

| CYP Now

Half of child on child sexual abuse cases are reported to have included acts of sexual violence commonly seen in pornography, new analysis by the children’s commissioner for England finds.

Councils must review behaviour policies

Analysis

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Protocol for dealing with behavioural issues in social care settings fails to cut criminalisation of children in care, academics warn.

Home Secretary to consult on mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse

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Monday, April 3, 2023

| CYP Now

The Home Secretary will launch a public consultation over the introduction of a mandatory requirement to report child sexual abuse concerns for adults working with young people.

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Government confirms existence of DoL orders expert group

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

Review highlights safeguarding failures in case of girl convicted of manslaughter

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

MPs call for statutory definition of child criminal exploitation

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training 2023/24

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

Mandatory reporting professionals list ‘too narrow’, warn campaigners

Half of children deprived of liberty placed in unregistered settings

Breakdown in multi-agency risk intelligence criticised in review of teenager's death

Home Office response to child sexual abuse inquiry ‘will not protect children’, review chair warns

Deprivation of liberty applications rose to record levels in March, figures reveal

Children’s commissioner: Pornography linked to harmful sexual behaviour among children

Councils must review behaviour policies

Home Secretary to consult on mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse

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