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Feature - Family law gets faster

2 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

This week sees the nationwide roll-out of the Public Law Outline, a new system for taking children into care. Joe Lepper investigates how it is going to work in practice.

Feature - Bridgend suicides: the real picture

2 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

Since January 2007, 17 young people in Bridgend, South Wales, have committed suicide. Some blame the media for stoking the problem. Amid talk of suicide pacts, Tom de Castella asks...

Interview: Not just for boys - Michael Nerini, service manager, Clare Lodge Secure Children's Home

2 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

When you think of a secure children's home (SCH) what image springs to mind? Young male offenders? If that's a "yes" then you hold the stereotype Michael Nerini, service manager...

Analysis: Action against violent video games

2 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

Tanya Byron's report on protecting children from unsuitable video games, published last week, claims the current age rating system needs changing. But some feel her ideas could be confusing and...

Analysis: Social care - Time to make Care Matters a reality

2 April 2008, Children & Young People Now

The government has set out its implementation plan for putting the reforms at the heart of Care Matters into practice to improve the lot of looked-after children. Shafik Meghji finds...

Feature - Youth Crime: Lambeth vs the gangs

1 April 2008, Youth Work Now

A spate of fatal gun and knife attacks in Lambeth, south London, has led a coalition of local agencies to formulate an action plan to tackle youth crime. Jon Scott...

Special Report: Advice Services - Connexions: what next?

26 March 2008, Children & Young People Now

A CYP Now survey has found that almost one in five Connexions services intend to cut jobs as part of the 1 April move to local authority control. Tristan Donovan...

Analysis: Antisocial Behaviour - The Youth Taskforce sets out its stall

26 March 2008, Children & Young People Now

The Youth Taskforce Action Plan, released last week, pledges a number of early intervention measures designed to stem the rise of antisocial behaviour. Alison Bennett examines whether these initiatives are...

Feature - Without words

19 March 2008, Children & Young People Now

John Bercow MP will this week publish a review of services for children and young people with communication problems. He tells Sue Learner what he has discovered.

Analysis: Youth custody - Are secure homes on their way out?

19 March 2008, Children & Young People Now

As Gladstone House, a secure children's home in Liverpool prepares to be shut down, Sue Leaner explores why local authorities have opted to rid themselves of these facilities in recent...