Working with Children
This section contains materials and resources, including interventions, programmes and toolkits that are used by youth justice services with children. The material in this section has been produced by youth justice services in-house or with support from partners. The materials in this section are not evaluated. You can find youth justice evaluated materials in the practice-based evaluations area on this site. If you would like to submit a programme, intervention or a way of working with children that works well in your service to the Youth Justice Resource Hub, please complete the submission form.
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.
Oldham Youth Justice Service and Mind’s wellbeing coaching project
Published: 28/10/2024
Oldham Youth Justice Service and Mind have partnered to provide wellbeing coaching for children identified through the youth justice service assessment as having emotional wellbeing or mental health concerns.
Cheshire Youth Justice Service’s guiding principle of Child First interventions – A quick guide
Published: 28/10/2024
This quick one-minute guide has been developed by Cheshire Youth Justice Service as a checklist to support youth justice practitioners to deliver Child First interventions with children.
Diversion for Driving Matters programme from Derby Youth Justice Service
Published: 22/10/2024
Derby Youth Justice Service, Derby Police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have partnered to develop an alternative disposal for children committing road traffic offences.
‘Digital Me’ – An animated video from Gateshead Youth Justice Service
Published: 22/10/2024
Gateshead Youth Justice Service and Digital Voice for Communities, a non-profit organisation which works to deliver digital inclusion projects, has produced animated video which captures children’s experiences of the youth justice system.
Communication Passport – Trafford Youth Justice Service
Published: 21/10/2024
In conjunction with a speech and language therapist, Trafford Youth Justice Service has developed a communication passport to capture the needs of children who are presenting at court.
Back2Nature programme from Soul Trail & Newport YJS
Published: 18/10/2024
Newport Youth Justice Service has commissioned the charity Soul Trail Wellbeing to run its Back2Nature programme, designed to support children’s mental health and emotional wellbeing. The practice aims to provide children with a relaxed space in nature to walk, process their feelings and feel a sense of calm while having fun, learning new things and meeting others.
The Believe Project from Newport Youth Justice Service
Published: 27/09/2024
Newport Youth Justice Service works in partnership with local agencies to provide several initiatives to support children and raise their awareness in understanding risky behaviours.
Hammersmith and Fulham YJS’s Weapons Awareness Workbook
Published: 18/09/2024
Hammersmith and Fulham Youth Justice Service has shared its weapons awareness intervention workbook to work with children who have been caught carrying offensive weapons.
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