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Category: Children & Vulnerable Adults
Justice minister undecided on the role of youth offending teams
29 Jul 2010, 10:35 am | Written by Backstop
Children & Young People Now reports that justice minister Crispin Blunt has said that the role youth offending teams will play in the future is still up for debate. Despite speculation that youth offending teams could take on a mainly … Continue reading
Cuts will ‘decimate’ Connexions
27 Jul 2010, 8:24 am | Written by Backstop
Children & Young People Now reports that universal advice and guidance for young people in England is being “decimated” as Connexions services brace themselves for cuts of at least 20 per cent. A survey of Connexions services, which provide careers … Continue reading
Teenagers get less help from social services due to lack of resources
21 Jul 2010, 8:57 am | Written by Backstop
The Guardian reports that neglected and abused teenagers are not getting enough help because social services that are short of resources often prioritise vulnerable younger children, according to research published today. The three-year study into the protection of maltreated 11- … Continue reading
Neglected children should worry all of us
8 Jul 2010, 9:53 am | Written by Backstop
Deborah Orr writes for the Guardian discussing new findings published by the Medical Research Council’s Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge. They have mapped differences in the brain chemistry of adolescents diagnosed with conduct disorder, which affects 5% of … Continue reading
Call for review of indeterminate sentences for children
8 Jul 2010, 9:47 am | Written by Backstop
Children & Young People Now reports that a call has been made for indeterminate sentences to be reviewed on the back of a report highlighting concerns about the impact on offenders and their families. Statistics released by the Prison Reform … Continue reading
25% of young people ‘will be Neets’
7 Jul 2010, 9:27 am | Written by Backstop
The Mirror reports that around a quarter of young people will go through periods of being out of work, education and training during the two years after they hit 16, according to a new report. The figure, published by the … Continue reading
Youth sector commissioning programme scrapped
7 Jul 2010, 8:56 am | Written by Backstop
Children & Young People Now reports that the government has announced it is to scrap plans for a new commissioning framework for youth sector programmes. Since 2008, the Labour government had been developing Youth Sector Support Framework Agreements, which attempted … Continue reading
Child prison restraint rules to be disclosed
5 Jul 2010, 8:31 am | Written by Backstop
The Independent reports that child protection groups today welcomed the decision to disclose the contents of a secret manual governing the use of physical restraint in child prisons. The Youth Justice Board (YJB) agreed to hand over the instructors’ manual … Continue reading
Youth Justice sector still awaits policy anouncements
29 Jun 2010, 9:51 am | Written by Backstop
According to an article in Children and Young People Now a Howard League spokesman suggests this quiet period might be positive. Meanwhile professionals seek some direction and the Ministry of Justice confirms YJB future is unclear. View article
Comment: Dole queue beckons for Britain’s young
21 Jun 2010, 9:25 am | Written by Backstop
David Blanchflower of the Guardian comments on the latest data release on the labour market from the Office of National Statistics which showed there were 926,000 young people under 25 who were unemployed, giving an unemployment rate of 19.6%. He … Continue reading
