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<img alt="Daily roundup 5 June: Gypsy communities, terror conviction, and smoothies" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/7b25e4be-a04c-4a08-bd25-5093c1f8686c/4/Traveller-320x198.jpg" />
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Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities will benefit from a new fund to improve their health, education and integration. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said six pilot projects...
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Published: 5 June 2018
<img alt="Inspectors praise youth work and education provision at improving YOI" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/d77aa288-c606-4d9c-a3da-c960887fd105/4/KineticYouthWerringtonYOI-320x198.png" />
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HM chief inspector of prisons Peter Clarke said that leadership and staff at Werrington YOI near Stoke "deserved much credit" for having the determination to deliver a culture change. He said the ethos...
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Published: 5 June 2018
<img alt="Social Work England to have power to limit duties" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/e5ee11b6-7ec9-4679-adf7-15d25423b477/3/Capture-320x198.png" />
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In its official response to a consultation on the establishment of Social Work England, the government said that the new regulatory body will be able to place conditions of registration on social workers...
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Published: 5 June 2018
<img alt="Government to retain controversial Prevent anti-radicalisation programme" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/fe180c1a-612d-4258-817d-8d75db9cfaf3/4/ScreenShot20171220at131008-320x198.png" />
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Home Secretary Sajid Javid said that while he recognised the criticisms levelled at Prevent, but it will remain a "vital part" of the government's counter-terrorism work going forward.
"Yes, I recognise...
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Published: 4 June 2018
<img alt="Munby urges holistic family court reform" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/f819f4a0-d81e-4f80-89e1-6d27089fd7a8/2/familycourtbentallon-320x198.jpg" />
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Delivering a lecture at Liverpool University Sir James Munby said problems with the current structure of family courts were responsible for delays, added cost and additional stress for families involved...
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Published: 4 June 2018
<img alt="Government vows to launch mental health check pilots later this year" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/46ff9ae8-233c-491c-ab5c-896bb77271c6/3/LordAgnew-320x198.png" />
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Up to 10 pilot areas were set to start testing mental health assessments for looked-after children by May last year, but these were delayed as a result of the snap general election, and are still yet to...
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Published: 1 June 2018
<img alt="Secure schools 'to be modelled on children's homes'" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/9c50fb4e-873e-4ec6-854b-dfd70fe6e4b5/4/MinistryofJusticeMoJDarrenGreenAdobeStock52029181-320x198.jpg" />
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Plans to pilot two secure schools were first announced in December 2016, on the back of recommendations made in Charlie Taylor's review of the youth justice system.
Their aim is to place a greater focus...
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Published: 1 June 2018
<img alt="Health services reluctant to ask about childhood trauma, study finds" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/86136221-19da-4d9a-bf23-fe1dfb733a51/5/MentalhealthMediteraneoAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" />
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The pilot involved a child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS), a drug and alcohol support team and a sexual violence support service in the north-west of England being asked to use the Routine...
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Published: 1 June 2018
<img alt="Daily roundup 1 June: School readiness, organ donation, and budget deficit" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/b948b9d6-fbc9-42b0-995f-19d8bb37c098/4/amandaspeilman-320x198.jpg" />
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Increasing numbers of children are starting school without being able to communicate properly or even use the toilet, the Ofsted's chief inspector is due to warn. The Telegraph reports that Amanda Spielman...
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Published: 1 June 2018