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Secure children’s home bed numbers fall despite huge level of need

Community Care

The number of places contracted to the Ministry of Justice to place children detained by the criminal justice system remained stable, at 105, meaning the drop in capacity fell entirely on local authorities looking to place children on welfare grounds or, more rarely, on remand.

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Children are in ‘extreme crisis’: top judge berates DfE’s six-year failure to tackle ‘gross’ lack of secure units

Community Care

Under section 25 of the Children Act 1989 , such secure welfare placements may only be made if a child either has a history of absconding, would likely abscond from any other setting and, if they did so, would likely suffer significant harm; or would likely injure themselves or others if placed in any other setting.

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What Are The New Government Guidelines For Children’s Mental Health?

MQ Mental Health

MQ is encouraging a cross-generational conversation about improving mental health interventions. To counteract this, 31.8% of MQ’s grant portfolio has had a focus on improving the mental health of children and young people. Young people are the reason MQ exists as a charity.

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What Are The New Government Guidelines For Children’s Mental Health?

MQ Mental Health

MQ is encouraging a cross-generational conversation about improving mental health interventions. To counteract this, 31.8% of MQ’s grant portfolio has had a focus on improving the mental health of children and young people. Young people are the reason MQ exists as a charity.

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What are the 10 Roles of Social Workers

Social Work Haven

Educator : Social workers educate clients about resources, coping strategies, and life skills to enhance their well-being and self-sufficiency. This is because they develop treatment plans to address mental illness and substance abuse problems, often holding supervisory roles and advocating for human rights within the criminal justice system.

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Can prisoners with mental health problems benefit from psychological therapy? Yes, but health and justice need to be closer friends.

Society of Clinical Psychology

Moreover, they are far more likely to die by suicide, to harm themselves and others in prison and to commit another crime on release. When the same interventions are compared with prisoners who received a different form of treatment or Treatment-As-Usual, the improvements were less clear. 2007; Butler et al.,

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Crime prevention starts with protecting children

Stop Abuse Campaign

Empirical research associated with the Adverse Childhood Experiences study from the Centers for Disease Control has demonstrated that ACEs cause various adverse outcomes in adulthood, including criminal justice system involvement. Self-reported addiction, drug dependence, and lifetime usage of illegal drugs.