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Young people call for mental health funding protection

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Government funding for child and adolescent mental health services should be ringfenced to ensure it is not spent on other priorities, members of the youth select committee have said.

Massive increase in disabled young people using youth zones

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Monday, November 16, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of young people with a disability attending state-of-the-art youth centres has increased by more than 300 per cent, figures have revealed.

Ask the Experts: Accessing mental health funding

Best Practice

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on mental health services funding, inappropriate sexual behaviour, safeguarding and a nursery compost heap.

Architect of inspection: Jacky Tiotto, director of children's services, Bexley

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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets Jacky Tiotto, director of children's services at Bexley Council.

Skills for the Job: Youth-led health promotion

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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Actively involving young people in developing policies for a healthy lifestyle should be something all youth organisations do.

Good Idea: Theatre group turns psychosis sufferers' voices into a play

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

A Wellcome Trust-funded production toured the country putting on performances that explored the experiences of young people who suffered from episodes of psychosis.

Ask the Experts: Address suspicions over legal highs

Best Practice

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on the dangers of legal highs, child protection changes, building a bug hotel and holding a winter bazaar.

Passport-style guide outlines young people's mental health history

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Thursday, October 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Young people with mental health problems can now hold a pocket-sized record of their condition under a scheme developed by NHS England.

Hampshire DCS set to take on chief executive role

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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Hampshire's director of children's services John Coughlan is set to be appointed as the council's chief executive next week.

Skills for the Job: Understanding revenge porn

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Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Revenge porn can be a devastating experience for young people, with victims needing to receive specialist support and advice.

Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications

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Thursday, October 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Qualification requirements and training provision for working with children and young people is continuously adapting in line with changes in policy and practice. Charlotte Goddard provides a comprehensive overview.

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children and young people's issues featured prominently during Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour leader. So what is he pledging to do, and what do sector leaders think of his emerging policies?

Labour has chance to shape the future of youth policy

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

So the unelectable Jeremy Corbyn has been elected as the leader of the Labour Party. He will now lead an allegedly unelectable opposition to Her Majesty's government.

Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Qualification requirements and training provision for working with children and young people is continuously adapting in line with changes in policy and practice. Charlotte Goddard provides a comprehensive overview.