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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

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The outgoing chief inspector of probation charts key changes in youth justice system during his tenure.

Training: Yorkshire YJS partnership delivers results

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

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Resettlement consortium in Yorkshire boosts the skills of youth offending practitioners and improves outcomes for young people despite the challenges of Covid and limited budgets.

Young people gain skills to leave crime behind

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

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Scheme targets young offenders most at risk of going into custody, giving them the opportunity to develop employability skills to turn their lives around.

Disadvantaged young people gain cybersecurity know how

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

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The Regional Cyber Crime Unit Prevent Team for West Midlands Region delivers offender intervention and management through a structured programme called Cyber Choices – a National initiative lead by the National Crime Agency.

Using Zorb football to engage Doncaster communities

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

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Zorb football is used to engage young people and reduce high numbers of first-time offenders.

Secure schools: government looks to providers to deliver reforms

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

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MoJ documents reveal details of how secure school will operate and what prospective providers must do to fulfil ministers' ambitions. But one expert fears that a lack of funding and too many children may harm its impact.

Unlocked Graduates: the graduates hoping to transform youth custody

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

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Unlocked Graduates is a training scheme designed to get more talented people working in prisons. Two of the first participants to enter the youth secure estate share their experiences with CYP Now.

Children's Social Care Innovation Programme: Support for complex adolescents

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

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Projects in the first phase of the DfE's Children's Social Care Innovation Programme have been evaluated to identify common themes. This briefing summarises learning on meeting the needs of complex adolescents.

Just Health

Monday, April 10, 2017

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Consultation gathered young people's views on what needs to change in the youth justice system to improve their emotional health.

FoI probe reveals reluctance of YOTs to use weapons detectors

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

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CYP Now investigation shows just 30 per cent of councils have weapons detectors in premises used by youth offending teams despite a review calling for such measures after the murder of a young person at a setting.

Inspections Clinic: Tackling disproportionality

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

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Inspectors now assess how youth offending services promote diversity and address disproportionality. While the issue is on the radar of most teams, few have made sufficient progress, reports Jo Stephenson.

Interview: Justin Russell, HM chief inspector, Probation Service

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

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Derren Hayes talks to probation chief about standards of youth offending services.

Tackling disproportionality: Three examples of YOT good practice

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

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HM Inspector of Probation (HMIP) highlights three effective approaches being delivered in Camden, Sandwell and Oldham.

Psychologists help youth club support young men affected by offending

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

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Trained psychologists were based at a youth club in Haringey to provide counselling and support to young people and staff.

AssetPlus Outcome Evaluation

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

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AssetPlus is the Youth Justice Board’s (YJB) assessment and interventions planning framework and is based on a desistance-centred approach to youth justice, which aims to reduce offending behaviour.

Fears over custody staff drop

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

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Recruitment campaigns and improved training are vital to make the secure estate safer, say experts.

Questions over police use of knife images

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

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Evidence suggests images of knives to "scare" young people from carrying weapons don't work, and may exacerbate the problem.

Inspections Clinic: 10 key questions on STC assurance visits

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

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Ofsted's Yvette Stanley answers 10 key questions from Jo Stephenson about how new assurance inspections for secure training centres will work and the improvements they will bring for children.

Catch22 helps young people get on right road

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

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Not-for-profit organisation delivers discussion-based workshops as part of a programme to break gang and violence ideation among young adults in custody.

Improving agencies’ response to tackling serious youth violence