Sector Practice
The latest Sector Practices on the Youth Justice Resource Hub
How to write ‘to the child’ from Lincolnshire Youth Justice Service
Published: 08/01/2025
This comprehensive guidance document from Lincolnshire Youth Justice Service has been developed to inform youth justice practitioners on ‘writing to the child’.
Flintshire Youth Justice Service’s Soft Outcomes Tool
Published: 07/01/2025
Flintshire Youth Justice Service has designed a tool to gather information from children about how they feel about various aspects of their lives, including mental health, school and substance misuse.
Management Board Risk Register – Cardiff Youth Justice Service
Published: 17/12/2024
Cardiff Youth Justice Service has shared its Management Board Risk Register which has been designed and successfully used to capture risks identified at the service.
Money and Pensions Service Financial Education Guidance for Children’s Services
Published: 17/12/2024
Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has shared guides and a toolkit to support children’s services staff working with children in vulnerable circumstances embed opportunities for learning about money into the support they provide.
The CHANCE (Changing How Adults Notice Children’s Experience) group
Published: 16/12/2024
The Changing How Adults Notice Children’s Experience (CHANCE) group is a peer-led participation group based in Rotherham Youth Justice Service. The group shares their experiences of education, social care, youth justice and the police.
Salford Youth Justice Service – AQA Unit Award Centre
Published: 04/12/2024
Salford Youth Justice Service has become an AQA unit award centre to address the barriers to children achieving education outcomes.
Derby City YJS’s Secure estate asset tracking document
Published: 04/12/2024
Derby City Youth Justice Service has shared its assessment schedule for youth justice practitioners and secure estate staff working with children going into custody. The document includes different actions and assessments with scheduled timeframes to complete as a child passes through the different stages of the secure estate; before, during and after.
North East Local Enterprise Partnership and South Tyneside Youth Justice Service’s mentoring programme
Published: 13/11/2024
A joint programme between the North East Local Enterprise Partnership and South Tyneside Council offered children mentoring, work experience and exposure to positive role models from a collection of employers across South Tyneside.
Leicestershire Youth Justice Service’s Child Self Assessment
Published: 13/11/2024
Leicestershire Youth Justice Service have stylised the YJB’s Child First Self-Assessment Toolkit which can be used with children. This Child Self-Assessment resource should be used alongside the prevention and diversion assessment.
‘Think before you BEEF!’ – Isle of Wight Youth Justice Service
Published: 13/11/2024
Isle of Wight Youth Justice Service ‘Think before you BEEF!’ is a resource to support conversations with children around conflict, violence and how to avoid it.
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