30/11/2024: ‘Early intervention for psychosis saved my life’
Craig Mackie started experiencing the symptoms of psychosis when he was in his 20s, saying: “I have heard voices and I have seen things.”
21/08/2024: Kinship care children ‘overlooked and ignored’ for trauma support
Children living in kinship care arrangements are being ‚’overlooked and ignored’ for support to help them recover from abuse, neglect and bereavement.
11/07/2024: Consistent lead workers vital to supporting vulnerable older teens, report finds
Vulnerable older teenagers could become ‘disengaged’ from education, training and work opportunities without the continued help of a lead support worker, a report has found.
06/06/2024: ‘How admitting I disliked a child helped me grow as a social worker’
A social worker recalls struggling to connect with a boy she was supporting when newly qualified and how supervision helped her understand the trauma behind his behaviour.
23/05/2024: Conference to examine what works for early help amid cuts to services
The role of innovative and evidence-based interventions to support vulnerable families against a backdrop of cuts to local authority services is the focus of CYP Now’s Early Help Conference.
09/05/2024: 102% increase in the number of children in care in the past 12 years
Declining spending on early intervention services means many families are not receiving support before they reach crisis point.
24/04/2024: Essex University’s AI brain study brings ‘hope’ to childhood trauma survivors
The world’s largest study into how childhood trauma affects the brain has offered new hope to survivors.
09/04/2024: GCSE results for disadvantaged children ‘greatly improved by Sure Start’
Children eligible for free school meals (FSM) who live near a Sure Start centre saw increased performance at GCSE by three grades, six times higher than children not eligible for FSM, new research has found.
09/04/2024: Residential care spending outstrips early intervention for first time, research finds
Councils‚Äô spending on children’s residential care is outstripping early help budgets for the first time, research commissioned by a coalition of charities has found.
02/02/2024: The Sequential Intercept Model – Trauma-Informed Diversion
HMI Probation Academic Insight on the Sequential Intercept Model – a trauma-informed diversionary framework