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In Sunderland, in the early part of the last decade the number of looked-after children who were coming into contact with the criminal justice system was rising and sat above national and regional averages.
It was agreed that action was needed to address this and ensure that young people in residential settings experienced better outcomes and were not criminalised unnecessarily.
“We did some thinking with colleagues in the youth offending service (YOS) about what we could do differently,” says Sharon Willis, strategic service manager for social care at Together for Children Sunderland.
“Some children’s homes at that time were reporting good relationships with police community beat officers so we started to think about how we could better utilise the relationship with them to support us and think about how we respond to situations in a home differently.”
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