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Legislation and guidance documents
This section contains links to relevant youth justice legislation and operational guidance to support operational delivery of youth justice services.
The aim of this section it to provide a place for operational staff to access links to legislation and other official guidance that can support working with children, families, victims and key partners.
If you would like to submit guidance or tell us of regularly used legislation that is relevant to supporting operational delivery of youth justice services to the Youth Justice Resource Hub, please complete the submission form.
Summary: Access to the case management guidance for youth justice services working with children. Description: The Youth Justice Board published the case management guidance (2022). The guidance is intended to provide youth justice services with information, implications of legislation and practical advice on how to work with children and young people in the youth justice system. The Guidance…
Summary: Access to the guidance produced by the Home Office in regard to county lines and child criminal exploitation. Description: The Home Office has published guidance: criminal exploitation of children and vulnerable adults: county lines (updated 2020), which is aimed at supporting frontline professionals working effectively with children. This guidance is intended to explain the nature of harm…
Summary: Access to the guidance produced by the Department for Education in regards to child sexual exploitation. It offers a definition and appropiate responses to take action to support children and young people. Description: The Department for Education has published guidance: child sexual exploitation: definition and guide for practitioners (2017), which aims to provide an overview of the…
Summary: Statutory guidance, produced by the Department for Education for the provision of support for children looked after who are unaccompanied migrant and who may be victims, or potential victims, of modern slavery. Description:The Department for Education have published statutory guidance; care of unaccompanied migrant children and child victims of modern slavery (2017). The statutory guidance is intended…
Summary: Access to the guidance and protocol for England and Wales to support young people as they turn 18 from youth justice to adult probation services. Description: The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales, Probation Service, and HM Prison and Probation Service have published the joint national protocol for transitions in England guidance (updated July 2021) and…
Summary: Access to the link to modern slavery and national referral mechanism infomation published by the Home Office. Description: The Home Office have published relevant documentation in relation to modern slavery, including; National referral mechanism Duty to notify Transparency in supply chains Research and publications Promotional materials Independent child trafficking advocates Training
Summary: Links to the Youth Justice Legal Centre website, which contains relevant toolkits and guidance for lawyers working with children. Description: The Youth Justice Legal Centre have produced a series of legal guides to help you navigate the different rules, regimes, and principles in various youth justice areas. The guides encourage best practice when representing children in the…
Summary: HM Prison and Probation have published the electronic monitoring operation framework, which identifies the current availability of the range of electronic monitoring disposals, referral and enforcement processes and a provides a practical guide to tags and supporting structures. Description: HM Prison and Probation have published the electronic monitoring operation framework. This document is intended to summarise key…
Summary: Access to the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales guide to child first. Description: The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales has published a guide to child first (October 2022). The guide is aimed at those working with children in the youth justice system to support embedding child first principles into all aspects of their role.…
Summary: Information relating to Location monitoring/GPS Tagging conditions and eligibility for children. Description: Location Monitoring/GPS tagging has been available to all eligible children across England and Wales from 30 March 2020. GPS tagging or location monitoring as it is also known can be considered as a viable alternative to custody and has the supportive and safeguarding factor to…
Summary: Short video and associated slides, produced by the Ministry of Justice to support youth justice with key changes to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. Description: The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Act 2022 will take effect on the 28th of June 2022. The Act introduces changes in relation to sentencing, remand, and electronic…
Summary: The College of Policing have published updated guidance on cautioning and charging of knife crime offices, which should be used to shape Police response and Crown Prosecution Service decision making in offences related to knife crime, including those committed by children. Description: The College of Policing have published guidelines on the cautioning and charging of knife crime…