Tools & Templates
This section contains information such as policies, procedures and ways of working that support positive working relationships and development of staff. If you would like to share your services policy or procedure to support other youth justice services to the Youth Justice Resource Hub, please complete the submission form.
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.
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.
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.
YJB’s Girls Working Group Webinar
Published: 11/09/2024
The YJB’s girls working group is a space for professionals working with girls in the youth justice sector to share best practice. In this webinar we hear from both Coventry Youth Justice Service and Cardiff Youth Justice Service on their approaches to working with girls, as well as Dr Gilly Sharpe from the University of…
YJB’s Child First Self-Assessment Toolkit
Published: 19/08/2024
The Child First Self-Assessment toolkit is a self-led resource which invites organisations to consider how far into the Child First journey they may be.
Prevention and Diversion Assessment Tool Q&A Webinar
Published: 02/05/2024
Summary: The YJB has launched a new assessment tool for youth justice services working with children subject to prevention, diversion and formal out-of-court disposals. The tool has been developed with a number of key partners, including youth justice practitioners, academics and HM Inspectorate of Probation.
YJB’s Prevention and Diversion Assessment Tool
Published: 30/04/2024
The Youth Justice board has introduced a new assessment tool which must be used for all cases that are subject to diversion and out-of-court intervention. The tool has been developed with consultation with a number of key partners, including front line practitioners, academics, HMIP and others. The use of the new assessment tool is optional for cases that are considered prevention.
Problem-Solving Courts: A Guide to Practice in the United Kingdom and Procedural Fairness Toolkit – The Centre for Justice Innovation (April 2023)
Published: 20/07/2023
Summary: The Centre for Justice Innovation has published a practice guide regarding problem solving courts.
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