Children
How to write ‘to the child’ from Lincolnshire Youth Justice Service
Published: 08/01/2025
This comprehensive guidance document from Lincolnshire Youth Justice Service has been developed to inform youth justice practitioners on ‘writing to the child’.
Flintshire Youth Justice Service’s Soft Outcomes Tool
Published: 07/01/2025
Flintshire Youth Justice Service has designed a tool to gather information from children about how they feel about various aspects of their lives, including mental health, school and substance misuse.
Supporting Care Leavers to Prevent Custody
Published: 18/12/2024
Summary: The YJB has produced an evidence summary which highlights what we know about care experienced children in custody in England and Wales, and how we can best support these children to prevent them entering custody. The summary draws on national data from the YJB, Department for Education and Ministry of Justice, as well as…
Turning the tide: transforming children’s lives on the Isle of Wight
Published: 18/12/2024
By Steph Roberts-Bibby, YJB Chief Executive Officer I visited the Isle of Wight’s youth justice service (YJS) to learn more about the great work the team is doing as part of its improvement journey. After a bracing ferry trip, we travelled to the YJS’s head office, set within Newport Town County Hall. Pastel Victorian shopfronts…
Money and Pensions Service Financial Education Guidance for Children’s Services
Published: 17/12/2024
Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has shared guides and a toolkit to support children’s services staff working with children in vulnerable circumstances embed opportunities for learning about money into the support they provide.
The CHANCE (Changing How Adults Notice Children’s Experience) group
Published: 16/12/2024
The Changing How Adults Notice Children’s Experience (CHANCE) group is a peer-led participation group based in Rotherham Youth Justice Service. The group shares their experiences of education, social care, youth justice and the police.
Child First? Examining children’s perspectives of their ‘effective’ collaboration in youth justice decision-making
Published: 12/12/2024
This report, published in December 2024, provides details of a Child First research project undertaken to gain a greater understanding of what children supervised by youth justice services and held in custody think about their collaboration in youth justice decision-making processes.
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.
Assessments: a child’s perspective film
Published: 15/11/2024
This short film has been produced by the Mighty Creatives, and is co-produced with children who have experienced a range of assessments, including youth justice assessments.
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