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.
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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North East Local Enterprise Partnership and South Tyneside Youth Justice Service’s mentoring programme

Published: 13/11/2024

A joint programme between the North East Local Enterprise Partnership and South Tyneside Council offered children mentoring, work experience and exposure to positive role models from a collection of employers across South Tyneside.
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Northumbria’s Student Support Champions

Published: 13/11/2024

Student Support Champions (SSCs) work across 8 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne schools with children identified as being at risk of involvement in violence, as part of a public health and contextual safeguarding approach to violence reduction.
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Sunderland’s Focused Deterrence Project

Published: 22/10/2024

A focused deterrence project based in Sunderland, delivered by a co-located multi-agency partnership, and funded by Northumbria Violence Reduction Unit.
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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.
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