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Inspectors have welcomed improvements to support for young people at Oakhill Secure Training Centre (STC) but warned that "it is too soon” to establish whether they are leading to better care for children.

Ministerial departures throw policy reforms into turmoil

News

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

| CYP Now

Children's sector leaders have warned that ministerial resignations at the Department for Education have raised questions over the future of major policy reforms.

Guide aims to improve education for children in custody

News

Friday, July 1, 2022

| CYP Now

New guidelines designed to tackle “woefully inadequate” education for children in custody have been published to “outline key steps that practitioners can take to address the problem”.

Redthread chief John Poyton steps down

News

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

| CYP Now

John Poyton, chief executive of violence prevention charity Redthread, has announced plans to step down from the organisation after two decades.

Oasis launches new website for secure school

News

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

| CYP Now

New details of England’s first secure school have been revealed on a website launched by Oasis Charitable Trust which will run the provision.

Young people laud youth work role in tackling trauma

News

Friday, June 24, 2022

| CYP Now

Young people have highlighted the importance of youth practitioners showing empathy when working with those who have experienced trauma.

National Deprivation of Liberty Court to deal with child cases

News

Thursday, June 23, 2022

| CYP Now

A national Deprivation of Liberty Court will deal with all new cases involving children, it has been announced.

Campaigners warn Bill of Rights ‘offers no guarantee’ to protect children

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Thursday, June 23, 2022

| CYP Now

Campaigners have slammed government plans to overhaul human rights legislation, fearing that children’s rights will be eroded.

Recognise Covid errors for next pandemic response

Opinion

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

| CYP Now

Iris was a few weeks short of her 18th birthday when she took her life in August 2020.

Factors for Werrington YOI failures

Analysis

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

| CYP Now

Staffing issues, offender management and insufficient activities behind rise in violence at once good YOI.

Feltham YOI ‘recovering from a worrying decline’, say inspectors

News

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

| CYP Now

Inspectors have praised improvements at Feltham A young offender institution (YOI) three years after concerns were raised about high levels of “chaos and violence” at the establishment.

Disadvantaged children under YOTs ‘least likely’ to access employment schemes

News

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

| CYP Now

The most disadvantaged young people involved with youth offending services, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), are least likely to be supported through education and employment, new research has found.

Cookham Wood YOI: Inspectors raise concerns over continued violence

News

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

| CYP Now

Inspectors have warned that levels of violence “remain high” at Cookham Wood young offender institution (YOI) in Kent, despite progress being made to reduce the number of incidents over the last year.

OBE for Sunderland DCS in Queen’s birthday honours

News

Monday, June 6, 2022

| CYP Now

Sunderland’s director of children’s services (DCS) Jill Colbert has been awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen’s birthday honours.

Five ways Covid changed custody

Analysis

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Research into the impact of the pandemic on youth justice services identifies key lessons to improve practice.

Inspections Clinic: Youth offending services

Features

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Latest probation inspectorate annual report highlights services striving to tackle disproportionality but management of young offender risk in the community remains a problem, reports Jo Stephenson.

YOI branded ‘most violent prison’ in England and Wales by inspectors

News

Friday, May 20, 2022

| CYP Now

A Staffordshire young offender institution (YOI) has been described by inspectors as the most violent prison in England and Wales.

Sector leaders attend first national youth work and racial justice conference

News

Friday, May 20, 2022

| CYP Now

More than 50 black people and people of colour from across the youth work sector gathered for the first conference on youth work and racial justice.

£3m fund to place youth workers in more London police stations

News

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

| CYP Now

London’s violence reduction unit (VRU) has announced plans to double the number of specialist youth workers placed in the capital’s police stations.

Major improvements at Surrey youth offending service, inpectors find

News

Thursday, May 12, 2022

| CYP Now

Youth offending services in Surrey have been handed a rating of "good" by probation inspectors, just three years after being graded "inadequate".

England’s first secure school gains royal assent

News

Thursday, May 5, 2022

| CYP Now

The first secure school to open in England has been granted royal assent, following the passing of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act.

Queen to honour youth organisations with new jubilee award

News

Thursday, May 5, 2022

| CYP Now

Twenty charities that support young people are set to be recognised by the Queen as part of her platinum jubilee celebrations.

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