A new blueprint for secure care

• Youth Justice

A shortage of secure placements is affecting the wellbeing...

Interview: Steph Roberts-Bibby, chief executive of the Youth Justice Board

• Youth Justice | Interview

Fiona Simpson speaks to the new chief executive of the Youth...

How will the The Criminal Justice Bill and Sentencing Bill impact children?

• Youth Justice

Changes to the youth justice system implemented through the...

Inspections clinic: Youth justice services

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending | Ofsted

While a new report shows that more young offenders are now...

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training 2023/24

• Careers | Courses and training | Early Years | Education | Health | Children's Services | Management | Ofsted | Social Care | Youth Justice | Youth Work

With many parts of the sector facing recruitment challenges,...

Special Report: Resettlement of Children

• Youth Justice | Probation, resettlement and rehabilitation | Youth Offending

Youth offending teams and local authorities are working...

Inspections Clinic: Prisoners with restricted status

• Children's Services | Children's rights | Youth Justice | Youth custody | Youth Offending

Young prisoners who have committed the most serious crimes...

Inspections Clinic: 10 key questions on STC assurance visits

• Youth Justice | Ofsted | Youth Offending

Ofsted's Yvette Stanley answers 10 key questions from Jo...

Understanding perpetrator behaviour to protect the vulnerable

• Youth Justice

Sexually abusive behaviour challenges our moral compass –...

Interview: Jonathan Hall KC, terrorism legislation adviser

• Youth Justice | Interview

Megan Warren-Lister speaks to the government’s terrorism...

Projects to support Ukrainian refugee children over Christmas

• Social Care | Youth Work | Youth Justice | Education

Richmond Council's call for new hosts to house Ukrainian...

Interview: Anne Longfield on how commission sets out action to tackle youth violence

• Social Care | Children's Services | Youth Justice

Derren Hayes speaks to Anne Longfield, former children’s...

Youth Offending Special Report

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending

Levels of offending by young people have fallen sharply...

Government policy briefs for children and young people

• Social Care | Youth Justice | Youth Work | Education | Early Years | Health | Guide To...

CYP Now lays out the responsibilities of ministers...

Online resource helps young people recover from trauma of care and custody systems

• Social Care | Youth Justice

A digital toolkit centred around a trauma-informed approach...

Interview: Naomi Hulston, Catch 22 chief executive

• Youth Justice | Youth Work

If knowing the strengths and weaknesses of an organisation...

Future Roots: The farm that helps young people grow

• Youth Justice | Youth Work

Future Roots gives children who struggle to cope in school...

Inspections Clinic: Youth offending services

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending Teams | Youth Offending | Ofsted

Latest probation inspectorate annual report highlights...

Five key lessons from the Commission on Young Lives

• Social Care | Youth Justice

Former children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield...

Inspections Clinic: Tackling disproportionality

• Youth Justice | Inspections | Youth Offending

Inspectors now assess how youth offending services promote...

Tackling Youth Violence: Special Report

• Youth Offending | Youth Justice | Crime prevention | Youth Offending Teams

Despite a recent fall in knife-related assaults, there are...

FoI probe reveals reluctance of YOTs to use weapons detectors

• Youth Offending | Youth Justice | Crime prevention | Youth Offending Teams

CYP Now investigation shows just 30 per cent of councils...

Children & Young People Now Awards 2021 Shortlist

• Children's Services | Youth Work | Education | Early Years | Social Care | Youth Justice

The CYP Now Awards highlight the very best practice in work...

Inspections Clinic: Multi-agency working

• Youth Justice | Crime prevention | Youth Offending Teams | Youth Offending | Ofsted

A review of multi-agency working in response to youth...

A decade on from the summer riots

• Youth Work | Youth Justice | Crime prevention | Youth Offending

It is 10 years since England was rocked by rioting and...

Secure children’s homes: Inspections Clinic

• Youth custody | Youth Justice | Ofsted | Youth Offending

Secure children’s homes cater for some of the most...

CYP Now Awards: Winners revealed

• Early Years | Education | Children's Services | Social Care | Youth Work | Youth Justice

Winners of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2020 were...

Coronavirus: Latest guidance for early years, schools, social workers, youth and youth justice services

• Coronavirus | Youth Work | Youth Justice | Social Care | Education | Early Years

The government has published its latest "roadmap" out of...

Youth offending services: Inspections Clinic

• Youth Offending | Ofsted | Youth Justice | Youth custody | Youth Offending Teams

Recent assessment of youth offending services shows more...

Contextual Safeguarding tackles youth violence in Oldham

• Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Youth Justice | Crime prevention

Project has seen increased engagement from young people and...

How schemes divert young people in London from formal justice system

• Youth Justice | Community sentencing and restorative justice | Crime prevention | Youth Offending

Youth diversion schemes offering an alternative to formal...

Youth Justice: Special Report

• Youth Justice | Youth custody | Youth Offending Teams | Community sentencing and restorative justice | Youth Offending

Against a background of continuing wide-ranging reforms of...

Twenty years of youth offending teams

• Youth Offending | Youth Justice | Youth Offending Teams

This year, youth offending teams (YOTs) turned 20. Here,...

Getting the lowdown on fast-track training schemes

• Careers | Courses and training | Education | Social Care | Youth Justice

Recent years have seen a proliferation of fast-track and...

How youth offending services can address over-representation of BAME young people in custody

• Youth Justice

Over-representation of black and minority ethnic (BAME)...

CYP Now launches #Chances4Children campaign

• Youth Work | Social Care | Youth Justice | Children's Services | Early Years | Education | Coronavirus | Chances4Children | Guide To...

CYP Now is today launching its #Chances4Children campaign to...

Interview: Campbell Robb, Nacro chief executive

• Youth Justice | Crime prevention | Youth custody | Youth Offending Teams | Probation, resettlement and rehabilitation | Youth Offending | Interview

Derren Hayes speaks to the Nacro chief executive about...

Early Help: Special Report

• Early help | Social Care | Homelessness | Leaving care | Youth Justice | Youth Work | Preventing Care Proceedings

Amid rising knife crime, youth homelessness and care...

Youth justice - Children's Workforce Qualifications and Training Guide

• Courses and training | Youth Justice

Those wishing to work in youth justice have a number of...

Plan to return police to schools

• Youth Justice | Policing | Youth Offending

Experts assess whether revisiting proposals for police in...

Gangs and Criminal Exploitation: Special Report

• Safeguarding and child protection | Youth Justice | Youth Offending | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation

A rise in gang violence and youth crime has prompted...

Gangs and Criminal Exploitation: Policy context

• Safeguarding and child protection | Youth Justice

Guide helps staff support young people affected by bereavement

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending

Recent guidance aims to help youth justice practitioners to...

'More trusting, less prescriptive' - Taylor's new vision for the YJB

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending

Youth Justice Board chair Charlie Taylor says slimmed-down...

Summit offers solutions to youth violence

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending

National knife crime summit offers the chance to extend the...

Medway STC whistleblower calls for culture and practice reforms

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending

Whistleblower who alerted authorities to abuse at Medway...

Councils develop programmes to reduce impact of parent conflict

• Youth Justice | Preventing Care Proceedings

Councils took part in a pilot to reduce parental conflict...

Factors behind rise in remand

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending

Lack of magistrates and secure children's homes to blame for...

Draft standards miss the mark

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending

Experts warn revised youth justice standards may reduce...

Secure schools: government looks to providers to deliver reforms

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending

MoJ documents reveal details of how secure school will...

Young people gain skills to leave crime behind

• Youth Justice | Probation, resettlement and rehabilitation | Youth Offending

Scheme targets young offenders most at risk of going into...

Partnership offers alternative to custody in London

• Youth Justice | Probation, resettlement and rehabilitation | Youth Offending

The London Accommodation Pathfinder takes an innovative...

How I Got Here: Juliette Greenwich, Engage programme youth worker

• Crime prevention | Youth Justice | Youth Work

Juliette Greenwich, Engage programme youth worker at London...

Catch22 helps young people get on right road

• Youth Offending | Youth Justice | Probation, resettlement and rehabilitation

Not-for-profit organisation delivers discussion-based...

Youth offending teams put effective resettlement policies into action

• Youth Justice | Probation, resettlement and rehabilitation | Youth Offending

A recently published HM Inspectorate of Probation guide...

Young people draw on their personal experiences to change justice system

• Youth Justice | Probation, resettlement and rehabilitation | Youth Work | Participation | Youth Offending

Charity gives young people with experience of the justice...

Leicestershire charity supports young adults to turn their backs on a life of violence

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending

Charity works with young people to access work and learning...

Psychologists help youth club support young men affected by offending

• Health | Mental health | Mental Health | Youth Justice | Youth Offending

Trained psychologists were based at a youth club in Haringey...

Intensive support scheme diverts Manchester young people at risk from gangs

• Children's Services | Early help | Youth Justice | Crime prevention

Practitioners use relational and trauma-informed practice...

How I Got Here: Sophie Charles

• Youth Justice | Youth Work | Youth Offending

Senior youth work co-ordinator at Kinetic Youth Sophie...

Youth work stops online aggression becoming real violence

• Youth Offending | Youth Justice | Crime prevention

Youth charities train practitioners to recognise risk...

Health services and police use school workshop to highlight risks of violence

• Youth Justice | Crime prevention | Youth Offending

A film made by young people explains to schoolchildren the...

Working with girls in gangs, US

• Youth Justice | Crime prevention | Probation, resettlement and rehabilitation | Youth Offending

Samantha Jury-Dada visited the United States in 2018 to...

NHS specialists and secure setting staff create therapeutic environment to address complex issues

• Health | Mental health | Youth Justice | Probation, resettlement and rehabilitation | Mental Health | Youth Offending

Secure Stairs has been delivering practical solutions to...

MultifunC, Scandinavia: International Focus

• Youth Justice | Probation, resettlement and rehabilitation | Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Youth Offending

MultifunC has had impressive results in Denmark, Sweden and...

Youth workers tackle knife crime in Northampton

• Youth Work | Participation | Youth Justice | Crime prevention

Forty-eight-week programme supports young people at risk of...

Leading the fight against county lines gangs in Kent

• Safeguarding and child protection | Youth Justice | Youth Offending | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation

Charity supports local young people recruited to sell drugs...

HITZ teaches young people the values of resilience

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending

Uses core values of rugby to engage vulnerable and high-risk...

Mediation helps Bengali young people leave gangs behind

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation

Works with vulnerable young people in predominantly Bengali...

Services collaborate to tackle CCE in South Yorkshire

• Safeguarding and child protection | Youth Justice | Youth Offending | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation

Multi-agency hub established to co-ordinate sub-regional...

Diverting young people from custody in London

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending

Diversion scheme engages young people when they enter...

Supporting siblings of young offenders in Derby

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending

"Good"-rated youth offending service in Derby works with...

Using Zorb football to engage Doncaster communities

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending

Zorb football is used to engage young people and reduce high...

Boosting the work skills of prolific young offenders

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending

The Skill Mill provides employment in environmental work for...

How drama therapy tackles trauma

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending

Programme reduces reoffending by addressing the needs of...

International Focus: Community youth courts, New Zealand

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending

Rangatahi Courts, Nga Koti Rangatahi, are a community-based...

How enterprise turns offenders from crime

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending

Learning practical phone repair skills is helping young...

Tackling youth offending in Spain

• Youth Justice

Spain has a markedly different attitude to crime committed...

Just Health

• Health | Mental health | Youth Justice | Participation | Youth Offending

Consultation gathered young people's views on what needs to...

Malachi Community Trust

• Youth Justice | Community sentencing and restorative justice | Crime prevention | Probation, resettlement and rehabilitation | Youth Offending Teams | Youth Offending

Programme for schools to identify children with troubling...

Sutton Youth Offending Team

• Youth Justice | Community sentencing and restorative justice | Crime prevention | Probation, resettlement and rehabilitation | Youth Offending Teams | Youth Offending

How the team uses referral orders to help young people stop...

How charity helps vulnerable young people move to independence

• Youth Justice | Leaving Care

The Future 4 Me project supports young people making the...

How positive expectations cut young people's offending behaviour

• Youth Justice | Crime prevention | Youth Work

Sports programme leads to drop in antisocial behaviour and...

How urban art cuts antisocial conduct

• Youth Justice | Crime prevention | Youth Work

Art project reduces antisocial behaviour while promoting...

Skills for the Job: De-escalating a confrontation

• Careers | Education | Children's Services | Youth Justice | Youth Work

Having a range of communication skills can help children's...

Ask the Expert: Bad staff attitudes

• Early Years | Education | Health | Children's Services | Management | Leadership | Social Care | Youth Justice | Youth Work

Good Idea: Nail bar leads creative ways to help reduce violent crime

• Youth Justice | Crime prevention | Youth Work

London charity has developed four programmes to tackle...

How early action in Glasgow is driving down crime

• Youth Justice

An intervention project has played a central role in...

How a nationwide project is helping young offenders to stand up for their legal rights

• Youth Justice

The UR Boss initiative works to make sure young offenders...

Good Practice: How a safe haven project is reducing violent crime in Liverpool

• Youth Justice

The CitySafe Havens initiative has reduced violent crime in...

Good Practice: How interventions are curbing antisocial behaviour in Brighton and Hove

• Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Youth Justice

Intensive work with both families and their social workers...

Good Practice: How ex-offenders are helping to steer young people away from crime in London

• Youth Justice | Crime prevention

The Foundation 4 Life is using the real-life experiences of...

Good Practice: Hailed US communities scheme in UK trials

• Youth Justice | Crime prevention | Youth Work

Catch22 is to pursue the Communities That Care scheme in...

Good Practice: How a cycle scheme is helping young offenders to give back

• Youth Justice | Community sentencing and restorative justice

The Cycloan initiative has contributed to an overall...

Good Practice: How a secure unit in Nottinghamshire used graffiti to improve the wellbeing of young people in its care

• Youth Justice

The Creative Partnerships project has helped young people at...

Good Practice: Young offenders in Kent

• Youth Justice | Probation, resettlement and rehabilitation

Young offenders get resettlement support

AssetPlus Outcome Evaluation

• Youth Justice | Probation, resettlement and rehabilitation | Youth Offending Teams | Youth Offending

AssetPlus is the Youth Justice Board’s (YJB) assessment and...

Tackling youth violence: research evidence

• Youth Justice | Crime prevention | Youth Offending Teams | Youth Offending

Peter Henderson, the Youth Endowment Fund’s head of toolkit,...

Unlocking the Facts: Young People Referred to Secure Children’s Homes

• Youth Justice | Youth custody

There are 22 secure children’s homes across England,...

The State of Youth Justice 2020

• Youth Justice

A focus on two themes in in the contemporary youth justice...

Therapeutic Interventions for Peace

• Youth Justice

Power The Fight’s report details recommendations for...

Living Through a Lockdown: Reflections and Recommendations from Young People at Risk of Serious Violence

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending

Standing Committee for Youth Justice members Street Doctors,...

‘It’s a no-win scenario, either the police or a gang will get you’ Young People and Organised Crime – Vulnerable or Criminal?

• Youth Work | Youth Justice | Crime prevention | Policing | Youth Offending

Much of recent media coverage concerning young people has...

Towards a Contextual Response to Peer-on-Peer Abuse: Research and Resources From MsUnderstood Local Site Work 2013-2016

• Safeguarding and child protection | Youth Justice | Youth Offending | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation

This report presents findings and resources from a...

That Difficult Age: Developing a More Effective Response to Risks in Adolescence

• Safeguarding and child protection | Youth Justice | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation

Drawing on evidence from research and practice, this paper...

Relocation, Relocation, Relocation: Home and School-Moves For Children Affected by Extra-Familial Risks During Adolescence

• Safeguarding and child protection | Youth Justice | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation

This paper explores the practice of moving children out of...

Keeping Kids Safe: Improving Safeguarding Responses to Gang Violence and Criminal Exploitation

• Safeguarding and child protection | Youth Justice | Youth Offending | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation

This report by the Children's Commissioner for England, Anne...

Desistance Approaches in Youth Justice - the Next Passing Fad or a Sea-change for the Positive?

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending

This research examines how well the strengths-based...

Contested Vulnerability: A Case Study of Girls in Secure Care

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending

This ethnographic study in a secure unit in England explored...

Implementing Trauma and Grief Component Therapy for Adolescents and Think Trauma for Traumatized Youth in Secure Juvenile Justice Settings

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending

This study investigates the impact of implementing trauma...

Ecological Youth Justice: Understanding the Social Ecology of Young People's Prolific Offending

• Youth Justice | Youth Offending

This study considers the work of youth offending teams (YOT)...

Preventing Youth Offending: Research evidence

• Youth Justice | Community sentencing and restorative justice | Crime prevention | Probation, resettlement and rehabilitation | Youth custody | Youth Offending Teams | Youth Offending

Four studies on: Learning disability nursing; Risk,...

Long-Term Recidivism Risk of Young Sexual Offenders in England and Wales

• Youth Justice | Courts and sentencing | Crime prevention | Probation, resettlement and rehabilitation | Youth Offending

How the risks posed by juvenile sex offenders change over...