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.
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Summary: London Accommodation Pathfinder, which provides alternative accommodation to Youth Detention Accommodation, have shared their operating manual to support key stakeholders and youth justice services to ensure consistency. They have also shared their storyboard to use with children and their parents/careers. Description: The aim of the London Accommodation Pathfinder is to provide an alternative to Youth Detention Accommodation and…
Child First Tenets - YJB Workforce Development Council - Child-First Task group (April 2023) How can we apply these in a custodial setting? Contact: Organisation: Youth Justice Board for England and Wales Name: Ruth Searle Email: ruth.searle@yjb.gov.uk
Child First - Myth-busting - YJB Workforce Development Council - Child-First Task group (April 2023)
Child-First Myth Busting Doc YJB Workforce Development Council - Child-First Task group (April 2023) Contact: Organisation: Youth Justice Board for England and Wales Name: Ruth Searle Email: ruth.searle@yjb.gov.uk
Summary: County Lines Pathfinder have shared a resource pack to raise awareness around grooming, risks posed to children who experience exploitation and support professionals to challenge pre-conceptions around child criminal exploitation. Description: County Lines Pathfinder have shared their film with accompanying resource pack: TRAPPED. The resource aims to highlight the issues of child criminal exploitation through county lines.…
Summary: An overview of the work produced by the County Lines Pathfinder Description: County Lines Pathfinder concluded in April 2022, it comprised of 25 programme streams that looked to support children, families and practitioners to support children who are at risk or being exploited through county lines. Below are all the knowledge and information shared through the…
Summary: Ealing Youth Justice Service have shared a session that can be ran with children to support them to explore their identity and build rapport in the early stages of contact with the service Description: Ealing Youth Justice Service have shared their identity session which they run with children. The aim of the identity session is both to…
Summary: St Helens youth justice service have shared the details of two reparation programmes (recipe cards and positive letters for vulnerable members of the community) that can be run remotly. Description: Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the children have not been able to participate in face-to-face reparation helping with food banks or at the local homelessness charity hub. Therefore…
Summary: Access to a wide range of resources for practitioners to support their work with children who are at risk or being exploited. Description: The Children’s Society have launched the LookCloser campaign as part of their wider county lines and criminal exploitation work to support professionals across different sectors (including banking, delivery services, accommodation providers, public transport, retail…
Summary: Access to a co-created toolkit for professional working with children whose father/parent is going through the criminal justice system to ensure their voice ad support needs are identified. Description: Families Outside is a national charity that works solely on behalf of families in Scotland affected by imprisonment. Although youth justice services in England and Wales are not…
Summary: Oxfordshire Youth Justice and Exploitation Service have shared their managing negative feelings and the stories we tell ourselves intervention workbook to use with children to develop emotional literacy and develop emotion and impulse management skills. Description: Oxfordshire Youth Justice and Exploitation Service have shared their Managing Negative Feelings and The Stories We Tell Ourselves intervention workbook. The…
Summary: Access to a leaflet and animation video created in collaboration between the youth advisory network and the Youth Justice Board to support professionals to engage with children in prevention and diversion services. Description:The Youth Justice Board and the Youth Advisory Network, which is made up of children and young people with lived experience of the criminal justice…
Summary: Oxfordshire Youth Justice and Exploitation Service have shared their weapons awareness toolkit aimed at supporting children to better understand the reasons behind why some young people carry weapons and learn positive social and relational skills to manage their personal safety and risk in the community. Description: Oxfordshire Youth Justice and Exploitation Service have shared their weapons intervention…