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Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils have missed a first year target for numbers of families they worked with in the first year of the government's high profile troubled families initiative, it has emerged.

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils have missed a first year target for the numbers of families to be worked with under the government's flagship troubled families initiative.

YJB looks to access £200m social care innovation fund

News

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

| CYP Now

The quango in charge of youth justice is intent on bidding for cash from the Department for Education's social care innovation fund, it has emerged.

Call to end ‘unnecessary' criminalisation of children in care

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Monday, May 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Government must do more to protect children in care from unnecessary criminalisation, a year-long probe has concluded.

YJB ‘ignored' complaints about youth custody

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Thursday, May 12, 2016

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board has been criticised for failing to act on 35 separate whistleblowing complaints about children's welfare in secure training centres over the past seven years.

Gove vows to transform culture of secure training centres

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Thursday, May 12, 2016

| CYP Now

Justice Secretary Michael Gove has promised to transform the culture of secure training centres (STCs) and give them the same amount of support as "ordinary schools", in the wake of allegations of mistreatment of children at Medway STC earlier this year.

Children's services leaders call for restorative justice focus

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

| CYP Now

Young offenders should be dealt with through restorative justice processes rather than custodial sentences, children's services leaders have said.

Children's Commissioner for England recruits 'evidence expert'

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

The Children's Commissioner for England has appointed a director of evidence to help lead delivery of her five-year plan for children. ??

Big-picture inspection: guide to the new JTAI

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

New Joint Targeted Area Inspections to assess how different agencies are working together to support vulnerable children have just been launched. Joe Lepper explores how they work.

Leadership: Staff motivation and retention

Other

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

All children's services teams face the challenge of keeping staff turnover low against a landscape of tight budgets, so it is essential employers master the skills to retain, motivate and reward employees.

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.

London mayor election: the key policies for children and families

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

The next mayor of London will be responsible for a budget of £17bn. So what are the main candidates in May's election pledging to deliver for children, young people and families? We trawl the manifestos to find out.

First multi-agency child protection inspection criticises health services

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Health services have come in for criticism for failing to properly assess risks to children following the first joint inspection of child protection across health, social care and criminal justice services.

Children in residential care 'excessively criminalised'

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

| CYP Now

Children in residential care are being criminalised at excessively high rates compared with other boys and girls, a campaign group has claimed.

Sharing, caring president: Dave Hill, ADCS president, 2016/17

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett meets Dave Hill, president of the ADCS, 2016/17.

Police forces ‘failing' missing children

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Police are failing to properly protect missing children from potential abuse, a report has found.

Gove pledges action on youth custody safety

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Friday, March 18, 2016

| CYP Now

Action will be taken to tackle gang problems and improve safety in youth jails, Justice Secretary Michael Gove has told MPs.

Voice for the vulnerable: Carolyne Willow, director of Article 39

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Jess Brown meets Carolyne Willow, director of Article 39.

The future of children's services: proactive, predictive and digital

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

If children's services are to deliver improved outcomes with declining resources, the sector must embrace technology, joint working and volunteers, says Pillars and Foundations, a radical paper from the ADCS.

Youth offending teams face fresh funding cuts

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Thursday, March 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Youth offending teams (YOTs) are facing fresh cuts to their funding after the National Probation Service (NPS) informed services of how much they can expect to receive in 2016/17.

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Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

YJB looks to access £200m social care innovation fund

Call to end ‘unnecessary' criminalisation of children in care

YJB ‘ignored' complaints about youth custody

Gove vows to transform culture of secure training centres

Children's services leaders call for restorative justice focus

Children's Commissioner for England recruits 'evidence expert'

Big-picture inspection: guide to the new JTAI

Leadership: Staff motivation and retention

Fresh abuse allegations at G4S youth custody unit

London mayor election: the key policies for children and families

First multi-agency child protection inspection criticises health services

Children in residential care 'excessively criminalised'

Sharing, caring president: Dave Hill, ADCS president, 2016/17

Police forces ‘failing' missing children

Gove pledges action on youth custody safety

Voice for the vulnerable: Carolyne Willow, director of Article 39

The future of children's services: proactive, predictive and digital

Youth offending teams face fresh funding cuts

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