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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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.
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Oldham Youth Justice Service and Mind’s wellbeing coaching project

Published: 28/10/2024

Oldham Youth Justice Service and Mind have partnered to provide wellbeing coaching for children identified through the youth justice service assessment as having emotional wellbeing or mental health concerns.
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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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Recruiting, training and retaining volunteers policy from Blaenau Gwent & Caerphilly Youth Offending Service

Published: 24/09/2024

Blaenau Gwent & Caerphilly Youth Justice Service’s volunteering policy explains the approach and processes underpinning volunteer recruitment and retention.
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My time as a YJB Board member – Professor Neal Hazel

Published: 13/09/2024

As his 6 and a half year tenure came to a close in August, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice Neal Hazel reflects on his time as a Board member. 1. Tell us a little about you and your work history? My research has always been focused on young people and families.  My PhD and…
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Mankind programme from South Gloucestershire Youth Justice Service

Published: 12/09/2024

South Gloucestershire Youth Justice Service’s Mankind programme is designed to support young boys to develop a pro-social identity.
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Integration in youth justice services in England and Wales

Published: 02/09/2024

Youth justice services in England and Wales vary in their organisational structure. Some remain structurally separate from other teams in the local authority, while others have become more integrated. This research focused on the concept of integration; exploring how youth justice services are currently structured, what “integration” means for to service and case managers, and the advantages and challenges of different approaches.
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Youth Achievement Awards from Agored Cymru and Youth Cymru

Published: 27/08/2024

The Youth Achievement Awards is a credit-based learning opportunity for children across Wales, accredited through Agored Cymru.​ It is an adaptable, progressive, flexible youth-led framework which can be applied to a broad range of youth activities. ​
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YJB’s Child First Self-Assessment Toolkit

Published: 19/08/2024

The Child First Self-Assessment toolkit is a self-led resource which invites organisations to consider how far into the Child First journey they may be. 
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