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Sharp increase in proportion of trafficked children missing from care

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

| CYP Now

The proportion of trafficked children who go missing from local authority care has increased by a quarter over two years, new research shows.

Greater understanding of child-to-parent abuse needed across London, Sadiq Khan warns

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

| CYP Now

School exclusions, undiagnosed mental health issues and unidentified special educational needs and disabilities are among the key drivers behind child-to-parent abuse, the mayor of London has said.

HMI Probation drops out of joint targeted area inspections

News

Friday, April 8, 2022

| CYP Now

HMI Probation will no longer take part in the joint targeted area inspections (JTAI) programme which monitors services for vulnerable children.

How school exclusions entrench child criminal exploitation

News

Friday, April 8, 2022

| CYP Now

Experts have shared some of the reasons why excluding children from school can increase their risk of being exploited by criminals.

Education Secretary urged to protect excluded children from exploitation

News

Friday, April 8, 2022

| CYP Now

A coalition of children’s charities has called on the Education Secretary to better protect children facing school exclusion from child criminal exploitation.

Ukrainian refugees thank young people at Feltham YOI for messages of support

News

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

| CYP Now

Ukrainian refugees have thanked young people at a young offender’s institution (YOI) for sending messages of support amid the war with Russia.

Youth workers feel ‘professionally abandoned’, says director of London’s VRU

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Friday, March 25, 2022

| CYP Now

A decade of cuts to youth services has left youth workers feeling “professionally abandoned and neglected”, according to the director of London’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU).

‘Conflicting’ youth justice policies cause ‘chaos’ for staff, academic warns

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Friday, March 25, 2022

| CYP Now

Conflicting policies on supporting the welfare of children in the youth justice system and managing risk is causing “chaos and confusion” for professionals, new research warns.

Covid increases risk of criminalisation among vulnerable children, report warns

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Thursday, March 24, 2022

| CYP Now

The Covid-19 pandemic has “exacerbated vulnerabilities and inequalities” among disadvantaged children and increased the risk of them entering the criminal justice system, a report has found.

Make Oakhill review public to shape youth custody

Opinion

Thursday, March 24, 2022

| CYP Now

I met Chris in 2009. In his early 20s, Chris had been recruited to work at Oakhill Secure Training Centre. Previously a youth worker, he said he surprised himself by his career move into youth custody.

Fury over placement of three girls at all-male YOI

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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

| CYP Now

Children’s rights campaigners have criticised the “unacceptable” placement of three teenage girls in an all-male young offender institution (YOI) for several months.

Online Safety Bill: Five key measures aimed at protecting children

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Friday, March 18, 2022

| CYP Now

One of the main aims of the government’s Online Safety Bill is to stop children from accessing inappropriate and harmful content, according to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Mentoring scheme aims to reduce digital poverty among young offenders

News

Friday, March 18, 2022

| CYP Now

A youth mentoring charity has teamed up with the Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) and technology firm Intel to provide support to young men leaving prison.

Inclusive Britain: How plan to tackle racial disparity will impact education, social care and youth justice

News

Thursday, March 17, 2022

| CYP Now

The government has set out its long-term vision to tackle racial disparities in the UK with a focus on health services, education and the youth justice system.

Youth offending services improve as Covid increases complexity of children’s needs

News

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

| CYP Now

Standards of support are improving at youth offending services, however their caseloads are becoming more complex and challenging due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to chief inspector of probation Justin Russell.

NHS renews contract for specialist mental health support at Feltham YOI

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Tuesday, March 15, 2022

| CYP Now

An organisation which supports vulnerable young people at risk of exploitation from gangs has renewed an NHS contract to support the delivery of mental health services for young offenders.

£10m programme to deliver therapeutic support for 2,500 young people at greatest risk of violence

News

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

| CYP Now

Thousands of children at risk of violence across London are set to benefit from a new programme centred on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).

Cost of living crisis could increase offending among young women

News

Thursday, March 10, 2022

| CYP Now

Offending rates among young women could rise more quickly due to the cost of living crisis compared with rates among young men, experts have warned.

Children as young as 10 detained in police cells overnight, charity warns

News

Thursday, March 3, 2022

| CYP Now

More than 21,000 children a year, some as young as 10, are being detained in police cells overnight, despite legal requirements on councils and police to protect their wellbeing.

Probation service urged to demonstrate ‘greater consideration of diversity’

News

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Youth offending services must “show greater consideration and confidence” in their work with young people and staff from ethnic minority backgrounds, the chief inspector of probation has said.

Lack of family support leaves more teenagers open to explotiation, Anne Longfield warns

News

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

| CYP Now

A lack of family support is leaving thousands of teenagers at increased risk of exploitation, grooming and violence, according to former children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield.

MPs vote against plans for council-run secure schools

News

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

| CYP Now

MPs have voted against plans by peers to allow local authorities to run secure schools for 16- to 19-year-olds.

Youth custody system ‘setting children up to fail’

News

Thursday, February 24, 2022

| CYP Now

The youth custody system is “setting children up to fail”, according to a report based on the experiences of young people.

Youth work central to reducing knife crime, says former government adviser

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Thursday, February 24, 2022

| CYP Now

Building healthy relationships with youth workers is central to reducing levels of knife crime involving young people, according to a former government youth work adviser.