The YJB’s anti-racism resources

Published: 21/01/2025

A collection of resources on addressing racial disparity in the youth justice system.
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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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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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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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Leicestershire Youth Justice Service’s Child Self Assessment

Published: 13/11/2024

Leicestershire Youth Justice Service have stylised the YJB’s Child First Self-Assessment Toolkit which can be used with children. This Child Self-Assessment resource should be used alongside the prevention and diversion assessment.
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Cheshire Youth Justice Service’s guiding principle of Child First interventions – A quick guide

Published: 28/10/2024

This quick one-minute guide has been developed by Cheshire Youth Justice Service as a checklist to support youth justice practitioners to deliver Child First interventions with children.
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Child First webinar: Examining Children’s Collaboration in the Youth Justice System

Published: 24/10/2024

This webinar provides youth justice professionals with information on how to facilitate the implementation of Child First justice (especially tenet three of the vital importance of children as full collaborators in decision-making about matters affecting them) in practice in organisations across the youth justice system. During the webinar, researchers Dr Kathy Hampson, Aberystwyth University, Andrea…
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Back2Nature programme from Soul Trail & Newport YJS

Published: 18/10/2024

Newport Youth Justice Service has commissioned the charity Soul Trail Wellbeing to run its Back2Nature programme, designed to support children’s mental health and emotional wellbeing. The practice aims to provide children with a relaxed space in nature to walk, process their feelings and feel a sense of calm while having fun, learning new things and meeting others.
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Role models matter: changing lives with Ricky Otto

Published: 15/10/2024

YJB Board Member Jacob Sakil speaks with Ricky Otto, Resettlement Practitioner at Walsall Youth Justice Service in this YJB podcast.
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