Protocols and policies with partners

This section contains a wide range of working practices, policies and resources such as protocols between youth justice services and partners.

 

The aim of this section is to support positive working arrangements between partners to support positive outcomes for children, families, victims and the wider community.

 

If you would like to submit a working practice or resources that supports positive partnership work between youth justice services and partners to the Youth Justice Resource Hub, please complete the submission form.

Summary: Child First Pathfinder have shared their learning and key elements that support the creation and embedding of a child first diversion service offer for children.      Description: The Child First Pathfinder lead by Lancashire Child and Youth Justice Service came to an end in April 2022. It focused on embedded and sharing child first principles in diversion services…
Summary: Access to the guidance to support joint working arrangements between youth justice services and children services to support children in custody in Wales.      Description: Welsh Government, ADSS Cymru, YOT Manager Cymru and Youth Justice Board have produced guidance for the joint working arrangements between youth justice services and Local Authority Children’s Services for children in custody in…
Summary: The Tackling Child Exploitation team have shared their practice principles for responding to child exploitation and extra familiar harm for professionals working with children.        Description: The Tackling Child Exploitation have shared their practice principles, which are evidenced-informed and are designed to support partnership working by providing professionals at all levels across all agencies with a common starting point to…
Summary: Access to the good practice guide aimed at solicitors that practice in youth court, published by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.      Description:  The Solicitors Regulation Authority has published a good practice guide for youth court solicitors, which aims to outline what good practice looks like for solicitors that practice in youth courts.   The guidance is split into four…
Summary: Hackney youth justice service have shared their anti-racist position statement which has been adopted by their partnership.      Description: Hackney youth justice service have shared their anti-racist position statement which has been adopted and agreed by their key partners and is embedded in their youth justice plan. The statement recognises some of the differences in the experiences and lived experiences…
Summary:  Outline of the framework and principles to support and implement child centred policing.      Description: The National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) have worked in collaboration with Stakeholders to create and update key principles and framework of child centred Policing.  the following two slides provide infomation about the Child centred framework;    • Child centered framework - framework that forces…
Summary:  North Somerset youth justice service have shared details around the range of programmes and interventions that are used to support their out-of-court decision-making panel and support desistence journey of children.     Description: North Somerset youth justice service have a range of programmes and interventions that are used to support their out-of-court decision-making panel and prevent further offending. These…
Summary: Access to the Department for Education statutory guidance in regards to children missing education.     Description: The Department for Education has published statutory guidance children missing education, aimed at local authorities. It sets out key principles to enable local authorities in England to implement their legal duty in supporting children who are missing education get back into it.
Summary: The Centre for Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse have published their safety planning in education guide for professionals to support children following a harmful sexual behaviour incident.      Description: The Centre for Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse have published Safety Planning in Education: A Guide For Professionals Supporting Children Following Incidents of Harmful Sexual Behaviour (September 2022). The…
Summary: Access to the statutory guidance concerned with partners working together to ensure safeguarding of children.      Description: The Department for Education has published statutory guidance: working together to safeguard children (updated July 2022), aimed at supporting and ensuring inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. The statutory guidance applies to all local authorities and schools.
Summary: Access to the statutory guidance on school suspensions and permanent exclusions of pupils from local-authority-maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units.     Description: The Department for Education has published the statutory guidance: school suspensions and permanent exclusions (updated September 2022). The statutory guidance details the legal responsibilities for those who suspend (fixed period exclusion) and permanently exclude pupils…
Summary: Access to the Home Office has published advice to schools and colleges on gangs and youth violence guidance.     Description: The home Office has published advice to schools and colleges on gangs and youth violence guidance (2013), which is aimed at leaders, their senior teams and staff in schools or colleges affected by gang or youth violence. The…
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