YPHSIG - Professional Webwatch

Variety of resourses are available online!

Sexual Health
Teenage pregnancy and Sexual Health Research Update (July 2010) available to download from: http://www.youngpeopleshealth.org.uk

Safe-guarding
Three year study, published last month by The Children's Society, the NSPCC and the University of York and funded by the Big Lottery.

Safeguarding Young People found that the needs of 11-17 year olds were not always met by child protection processes which are more geared to protecting younger children. The study found that a lack of resources in Children’s Social Care Services can negatively affect older children, whereas younger children in similar circumstances may be prioritised.
Go to: Children's Society

Young person friendly services
Youth Access has published new guidelines for making advice services young person-friendly. The Opening Your Doors To Young People guidelines provides advice agencies with: basic information about barriers to
access to services; a way of assessing how accessible, relevant and age-sensitive current services are; practical steps to take to improve services; examples of work undertaken by other advice agencies who have
proved successful and could be replicated.
For further information: Opening Your Doors To Young People PDF

4Children Report
A report by 4Children has set out a blueprint for councils to improve their support for children and young people affected by poverty.
go to:
4Children

Participation

The National Participation Forum has launched its latest research on Children’s Participation in Decision-Making.
A poll of over 1,000 young people and a summary of research evidence shows that despite progress, children and young people still do not feel they are being listened to by public services on matters that affect their lives.
Summary report: Summary report