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Quarter of CAMHS transformation funding not reaching frontline services
<img alt="Quarter of CAMHS transformation funding not reaching frontline services" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/3d567ea8-9bf7-4e4b-a23b-5ee715e580b3/1/mentalhealthdepressionnewscastonline-320x198.jpg" /> <p> As part of the Future in Mind initiative the government set aside an extra £1.4bn for the period up to 2020 in order to improve child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), which they are responsible... </p>
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Published: 24 September 2018
Labour pledges support for victims of domestic abuse
<img alt="Labour pledges support for victims of domestic abuse" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/be50d190-08b3-4960-92ff-38afeb1be710/3/segn0zj7-320x198.jpg" /> <p> Speaking at the Labour Party Women's conference, shadow minister for women and equalities Dawn Butler said the move could help save the lives of more than 100 victims a year, and address its impact on... </p>
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Published: 24 September 2018
Councils seek urgent assurances on controversial 'mythbuster' guidance
<img alt="Councils seek urgent assurances on controversial &#39;mythbuster&#39; guidance" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/6c4ca484-fe40-492c-8467-3949c786b267/3/AnntoinetteBrambleLGA-320x198.jpg" /> <p> The document, Children's Social Care statutory Guidance Myth Busting, which appears on the government's social care innovation website, highlights a number of elements of statutory guidance that "act as... </p>
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Published: 24 September 2018
School support for pupils affected by domestic abuse goes national
<img alt="School support for pupils affected by domestic abuse goes national" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/f45a9d66-a3cf-400c-ad35-51c97fe4f3e7/3/RimmdreamAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" /> <p> The Operation Encompass scheme ensures that police contact a school before the start of the next school day when one of their pupils has been exposed to domestic abuse. The school's safeguarding team... </p>
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Published: 21 September 2018
Multi-agency unit to tackle 'county lines' crime launches
<img alt="Multi-agency unit to tackle &#39;county lines&#39; crime launches" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/d6674cbc-15f9-4842-81da-28893608f4e7/4/SRPRACTICESydaProductionsAdobeStock117532652-320x198.jpg" /> <p> The National County Lines Coordination Centre consists of a 38-strong multi-agency team of experts from the National Crime Agency (NCA), police forces and regional organised crime units. The Home Office... </p>
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Published: 21 September 2018
Youth groups receive £2.6m funding from London mayor
<img alt="Youth groups receive £2.6m funding from London mayor" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/10f51724-54cc-4d83-97a6-3ca2dcba2ef7/3/ScreenShot20180921at124558-320x198.png" /> <p> The funding forms the third investment for youth projects made available through the mayor's £45m Young Londoners Fund, after previous rounds of investment in May and June. It is estimated that around... </p>
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Published: 21 September 2018
Health visitors 'quitting over fears they are unable to protect children'
<img alt="Health visitors &#39;quitting over fears they are unable to protect children&#39;" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/6521208e-ec46-4313-80db-c53efa1e5b21/3/ScreenShot20170424at112007-320x198.png" /> <p> Research published by the Labour Party shows that 130 out of 152 (85 per cent) councils plan to reduce their public health budgets this year by a combined total of £96.3m compared with 2017/18 levels. This... </p>
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Published: 20 September 2018
Call for overhaul of sentencing guidelines for young adult offenders
<img alt="Call for overhaul of sentencing guidelines for young adult offenders" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/7698492d-7c7f-4850-b01b-05cb02078ded/1/cookhamwoodyouthcustodyyoipetercrane-320x198.jpg" /> <p> A report by the Howard League for Penal Reform on behalf of the Transition to Adulthood Alliance (T2A) claims that the sentencing process for 18- to 25-year-olds, as it stands, does not sufficiently factor... </p>
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Published: 20 September 2018
Councils plan £900m of cuts including children's services and early years
<img alt="Councils plan £900m of cuts including children&#39;s services and early years" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/63c27af2-0648-4700-8c15-9d157ad31c0b/2/earlyinterventionconferencecreditpaulcousans-320x198.jpg" /> <p> A survey by the County Council Network (CCN) found that all 36 county council and county unitary authorities will be making cuts, totalling an estimated £918m - an average of £25.5m each - when they set... </p>
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Published: 20 September 2018