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Training and workforce development resources
This section contains a range of training resources related to youth justice from partners and youth justice services that are free to access that support staff and volunteer development.
It also contains a wide range of resources from youth justice services to support staff supervision, working effectively as a team and in-house developed training.
You can access the Youth Justice Board youth justice skills and knowledge matrix (2023) and youth justice skills audit.
If you would like to submit a method of working with staff or volunteers that is working well for your service to the Youth Justice Resource Hub, please complete the submission form.
Summary: Access to the introduction to child and adolescent development training designed for volunteers and staff working with children. Description: The Youth Justice Institute has made available introduction to child and adolescent development training. The training course is concerned with children’s experiences of growing up; the impact on their life and increased likelihood of entering the youth justice…
Summary: The training is aimed at supporting staff identify communication issues and the skills to work successfully with individuals who have such issues. Description: The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy has created the box e-learning training aimed at those working in the youth justice system. The Box is a free e-learning tool and is designed to give…
Summary: West Berkshire youth justice service have shared their staff training aimed at raising awareness of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller culture. Description: West Berkshire youth justice service has two Gypsy, Roma and Traveller sites within it’s geographical area, with some of those children coming into contact with the youth justice system. To ensure staff are able to…
Summary: Acess to the restorative panel member training to support youth justice services to support volunteers to carry out their roles effectivly. Description: The Restorative Panel Member Training (reviewed 2019) is intended to be used by youth justice services in training volunteer panel members to fulfil their role. The training was split into different categories as shown below:…
Summary: Infomation concerning the Youth Justice Practice Certificate delivered by Unitas. Description: The Youth Justice Effective Practice Certificate (YJEPC) is a widely held qualification in youth justice delivered by Unitas. It brings together the most up-to-date thinking, knowledge, research and evidence about what works in this field.
Summary: Information concerning the foundation degree in youth justice run by Unitas. Description: Unitas offer a foundation degree in youth justice those already working in youth justice or an allied area and want to gain an accredited qualification and for those interested in developing practice skills and understanding more about the theory and evidence that underpin effective practice in…
Summary: This skills audit tool has been designed to help youth justice practitioners to reflect on their practice, in particular to identify potential gaps in their knowledge, behaviours and skills and thereby to gain access to more targeted training. Description: Youth justice practitioners come from a wide range of backgrounds and will have varying levels of knowledge in…
Summary: Examples of learning and development pathways developed by Kingston and Richmond youth justice service. Description: Richmond and Kingston youth justice service have developed a learning and development pathway to support identifying training needs of staff. They have also shared a copy of their anonymised training needs template Contact: Youth justice service Richmond and Kingston Youth Justice…
Summary: Short video produced by the Youth Justice Board concerning trauma informed practice. Description: The Youth Justice Board have published a short video around Trauma Informed Practice for the October 2021 developing practice forums in England. The video is a universal resource, which contains references to Wales. The video can be used in team meetings as a platform…
Summary: Youth Justice Sector Improvement Partnership have shared a list of example power questions to support open and transparent communication to expand learning. Description: The Youth Justice Sector Improvement Partnership have shared their powerful questions template. The purpouse is to support open and transparent communication where the coach invites the client to clarify, action, and discover at a whole new level. …
Summary: Attached are the slides and link to the recording of the Youth Justice Board live session (2020) concerned with the over-representation of children in the youth justice system. Description:In November 2020, Islington Youth Offending Service, Blackburn with Darwen Youth Justice Service and YJB colleagues run the YJB Live session on over-representation of children in the youth justice…
Summary: Access to the training created by the Serious Youth Violence Pathfinder concerned with exploitation of children and vulnerable adults Description: The Serious Youth Violence Pathfinder has created and shared their introduction to exploitation for front line workers training. The training is aimed at those staff and volunteers that have not had previous training around exploitation or for…