People at risk of domestic violence during lockdown will be able to signal they need to speak in private Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens...
Tim Spencer-Lane sets out how the law governing compulsory treatment would change under the government’s White Paper to reform the MHA. Read the full article on this link to Community Care Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...
National Audit Office said number of people needing shelter was eight times greater than thought. Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new...
Campaigners and Labour politicians have criticised “woefully inadequate” food parcels sent to families eligible for free school meals after images of packages were shared online. Read more. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...
White Paper sets out plan to implement much of 2018 review of act including enabling people to nominate a person to help with care decisions and express advance preferences for treatment. Read the full article on this link to Community Care Share...
Centrepoint has published a report on youth homelessness in the UK. Figures provided by local authorities and devolved administrations show that an estimated 121,000 young people aged between 16 and 24 asked local authorities for help with...
Call for England to follow Scotland’s lead and give children same protection from violence as adults. Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in...
Sign up to the free online courses. Two of the free, six-week online courses are currently open for registration! Sign up now to take part in Caring for Vulnerable Children or Caring for Children Moving Alone, both starting 15 February, and read...
Ward staff can mistakenly see religious beliefs as symptoms of mental illness and lack confidence in meeting cultural needs, but better training and effective assessments, using the social model, can help, finds research. Read the full article on...
Successive Governments have pledged to improve mental health support for children and young people. This briefing covers recent Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Education and NHS policy. Children and young people’s mental health...
Objective To assess the relationship between obesity and select childhood flourishing markers including academic skills and coping strategies. Study design Cross-sectional study utilizing parental reported data for children aged 10-17 years (n = 22...
A church in Kent has warned the Ministry of Justice it will take legal action unless it moves to immediately end solitary confinement of children at a youth custody establishment. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now...
