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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.
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…
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.
The Wirral’s ‘In the Zone’ programme
Published: 29/10/2024
In the Zone is an interactive programme delivered by a partnership between Wirral Council, Merseyside Police, Wirral Youth Justice Service and Youth Matters.
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.
Reflecting on my time as a YJB Board member – Sharon Gray NLE OBE
As I come to the end of my tenure as a YJB Board member, I find myself reflecting on the past 6 years with a mix of pride, gratitude, and a bit of nostalgia. When I was invited to join the YJB in 2018, I saw it as an opportunity to use my experience in understanding…
Promoting reintegration and reducing exclusions project from Milton Keynes Youth Justice Service
Published: 29/08/2024
Milton Keynes Youth Justice Service has shared its Promoting Reintegration and Reducing Exclusions (PRRE) project, which aims to support children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) who are at high risk of exclusions or managed moves.
Guidance on offensive weapon and knife carrying in schools from Northumbria PCC Violence Reduction Unit
Northumbria Violence Reduction Unit has developed guidance for schools and pupil referral units (PRUs) for managing knife and offensive weapon carrying incidents on school premises.
Project X:Year 6 Transition Project at Kingston and Richmond Youth Justice Service
Published: 05/08/2024
Kingston and Richmond youth justice service are supporting children to successfully transition to secondary school through their year 6 transition project: Project X. It aims to not only to support children to move from primary to secondary school, but also identify the triggers and potential strategies to help children to thrive in a school setting.
Exploring the production and utilisation of pre-sentence reports (PSRs) in the youth justice system
Published: 28/05/2024
This research project investigated the use and quality of pre-sentence reports (PSRs) in the youth justice system. The research also explored whether PSRs might contribute to racial disparity in sentencing decisions as identified by previous YJB-funded research. PSRs bring together important information about the child to help inform the court’s sentencing decision.
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