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 matrix (updated March 2021) 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.

Training and Workforce Development Resources

  • Management Board Risk Register – Cardiff Youth Justice Service
    Cardiff Youth Justice Service has shared its Management Board Risk Register which has been designed and successfully used to capture risks identified at the service.
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  • Recruiting, training and retaining volunteers policy from Blaenau Gwent & Caerphilly Youth Offending Service
    Blaenau Gwent & Caerphilly Youth Justice Service’s volunteering policy explains the approach and processes underpinning volunteer recruitment and retention.
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  • Children in Custody 2021-22: An Analysis of 12-18-Year-Olds’ Perceptions of Their Experiences in Secure Training Centres and Young Offender Institutions – HM Inspectorate of Probation (January 2023)
    Summary: Access to the published report by HM Inspectorate of Probation concerned with children in custody 2021-2022. 
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  • Elevate Programme Information for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Strategic Managers – Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (Updated April 2023)
    Summary: Access to the Elevate Programme information and application for Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds middle managers, aimed at improving under-representation at strategic management level.
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  • Youth Diversion Training – Youth Justice Institute (updated 2023)
    Summary: Access to the youth diversion training designed for volunteers and staff working with children.
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  • Exploring Youth Justice Training – Youth Justice Institute (updated 2023)
    Summary: Access to the exploring youth justice training designed for volunteers and staff working with children.
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  • Introduction to Child and Adolescent Development Training – Youth Justice Institute (updated 2023)
    Summary: Access to the introduction to child and adolescent development training designed for volunteers and staff working with children.
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  • Introduction to Exploitation for Front Line Workers Training – Serious Youth Violence Pathfinder (March 2022)
    Summary: Access to the training created by the Serious Youth Violence Pathfinder concerned with exploitation of children and vulnerable adults.
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  • Remand to Local Authority Accommodation and Youth Detention Accommodation and Detention and Training Orders leaflets for children – Kent youth justice service (May 2022)
    Summary: Kent Youth Justice Service have shared two leaflets for children that explain what remand to local authority and detention and training orders mean for them.
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  • Lessons learnt from Essex ‘Lived Experience’ Workforce Development Programme County Lines Pathfinder (January 2022)
    Summary: Essex youth justice service have shared their learning from creating a training course for staff based on lived experiences of the children at risk or involved in county lines. 
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