The key to the approach is consultation with young people. Youth justice professionals working with the young person concerned will draw up the lists for individual offenders.
The young people can then refer to the check list while they are in custody to keep on track with their resettlement plan. Because the list has been drawn up with the offender, Reset hopes it will be more successful than traditional plans, which are put together by staff.
Reset has been conducting research into young offenders' views of resettlement.
Julie Conalty, national project development manager for the Rainer-led initiative, said: "Young people report a lack of ownership of the process.
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