One third of teens have mental ill-health
Action for Children spoke to more than 3,000 secondary school age children and found 33% of young people were struggling with mental ill-health and would benefit from support.
According to the charity, some of the most common problems seen in young people were depression, problems sleeping, negative feelings, struggling to 'get going', problems focussing and feeling [...]
Mental health assessment pilots planned for June 2019
Pilot projects to assess the mental health of children entering care will be launched from June 2019, it has emerged.
Following the publication of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Green Paper, the Department for Education (DfE) has funded a pilot scheme to give children in care better mental health assessments as they enter the [...]
Ofsted rates Portsmouth 'good'
Services for children in Portsmouth have improved since the last Ofsted inspection and have been rated as 'good' by the inspectorate.
Despite increasing demand, leaders have made good progress in establishing a resilient and sustainable service, said inspectors.
"The senior leadership team articulate a clear, shared vision and set of values," said the report. "They are ambitious [...]
Some progress in permanency planning in Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin Council children's services have been able to demonstrate some progress in the area of permanency planning for children looked after since the last inspection, Ofsted has said.
A focused visit which looked at the local authority’s arrangements for permanence and permanency planning for children looked after by the local authority, found the authority [...]
Increase in newborn babies going into care, finds report
There has been a sharp rise in the number of newborn babies going into care, a report by The Nuffield Foundation has found.
The number of all care proceedings issued for infants who were newborns was 32% in 2007-8 and this rose to 42% of all cases in 2016-17.
In 2007/08, 1,039 of newborn cases were issued [...]
Government will review children's mental health annually
A 'State of the Nation' report on children's mental health will be published every year, the prime minister has announced.
Theresa May said that from 2019, a ‘State of the Nation’ report will be published every year on World Mental Health Day, highlighting the trends and issues in young people’s mental well-being. This is the first [...]
