We provide support in key areas in order to professionalise the resettlement of young custody leavers throughout the UK. We offer a resettlement consultancy service to support local authorities who are keen to improve practice and deliver improved long term outcomes to their young people. We aim to bridge the gap between policy and practice, supporting the ongoing development of good practice between support workers and young custody leavers through the development of specialist learning & development products.
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House of Commons Justice Committee - Youth Justice March 2013
House of Commons - Category: Government Policy
This document reports on a wide-ranging inquiry into the youth justice system in England & Wales. It reports that whilst the YJB has had success in some areas, there has been a failure to make any progress in reducing the 'binary re-offending rate'. The committee conclude that a greater focus should be made on improving transitions between custody and the community.
PDF, 2625.42Kb
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Beyond Youth Justice - Resettlement of Young People Leaving Custody
BYC Partnership - Category: Research Publications
Produced by the Beyond Youth Custody partnership, this literature review presents the findings of research literature about resettlement services for young people when they leave custody.
PDF, 250.07Kb
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Working Together 2013
HM Government - Category: Government Policy
A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
PDF, 1157.53Kb
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YJ National Standards - 2013
Youth Justice Board for England and Wales - Category: Government Policy
These National Standards for Youth Justice Services are set by the Secretary of State and apply to those organisations providing statutory services. They represent a distillation of the range of legislation, compliance frameworks and sources of statutory and effective practice guidance which applies across the youth justice sector.
PDF, 314.3Kb
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HMI Probation Thematic on Looked After Children
HMIP - Category: HMIP
The latest report from HMI Probation on outcomes for looked after children in the youth justice system.
PDF, 449.31Kb
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Care - a stepping stone to custody?
Prison Reform Trust - Category: Research Publications
Lord Laming: '...The findings of this well researched and clearly presented document should cause us all to be shocked, and to resolve to do very much better to improve the life chances for those children and young people who for part of their childhood have looked to the state to be their substitute parent...'
PDF, 2071.97Kb
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Rules of Engagement
The Centre for Social justice - Category: Research Publications
This report from the CSJ documents the findings of a review of the youth justice system that began almost 2-years ago. The report identifies what it describes as 'four key shortcomings' to be addressed if outcomes within the system are to be improved. The section on Resettlement can be found at section 4.5 on p.10.
For the full report, go to www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk
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Children and Young People in Custody 2010-11
HMIP - Category: HMIP
Produced together with the YJB, this report describes young people's own perceptions of imprisonment.
PDF, 1089Kb
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Briefing - The Hard Facts
Resettlement UK - Category: LC-LC Programme
Research confirms that young people who become persistent offenders tend to grow up with negative family and social experiences such as: 'Being born into a family in relative poverty and inadequate housing...'
PDF, 2035.5Kb
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Briefing - YCL - Children in Need
Resettlement UK - Category: LC-LC Programme
History concluded that there are times when local authorities require corrective guidance and support from Government to ensure that children and young people's rights are protected, and that local authority duties and responsibilities are fulfilled...
PDF, 764.13Kb
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HMIP Looked After Children Thematic 2011
HM Inspectorate of Prisons - Category: HMIP
This thematic review commissioned by the YJB reports on the care of looked after children aged 15-18 in YOIs.
PDF, 893.44Kb
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HMIP Resettlement Thematic 2011
HMCIP - Category: HMIP
This thematic report, commissioned by the YJB, examines ETE resettlement provision for sentenced young men aged 15 - 18 in YOIs
PDF, 1288.16Kb
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Improving Services for Young People
Catch22 - Category: Research Publications
Following the launch of the Ready or Not campaign in 2010, Catch22 commissioned The New Economic Foundation to produce a costing study using the Social Return on Investment cost-benefit tool.
PDF, 604Kb
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Commissioning, Delivery and Perceptions of Emergency Accommodation for Young Runaways
DCSF - Category: Accommodation
This study was commissioned by DCSF to explore solutions that will meet the emergency accommodation needs of young runaways.
PDF, 419.72Kb
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Increasing Participation: Understanding Young People who do not Participate in Education or Training at 17 and 17
DCSF - Category: Education & Youth Justice
This summary presents key findings from DfES commissioned research exploring the characteristics and experiences of young people who are NEET.
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TG Lambeth Judgment
Royal Courts of Justice - Category: Judicial Reviews
The Court of Appeal allowed the claimant's appeal against the 2008 decision that, judging that the claimant had been brought to the attention of the children's services department and should therefore have been classes as a "former relevant child".
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Briefing - The Elephant in the Room
Resettlement UK - Category: LC-LC Programme
Justice has been described as: '...the concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality and law along with the punishment of the breach of those ethics'. Having been punished for the breach of 'moral rightness', there are the other two elements to justice - ethics & rationality - that must also be addressed on their behalf....
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Briefing - Resettlement Context
Resettlement UK - Category: LC-LC Programme
Achieving improved long-term post-custodial outcomes for young people are implicit within legislation and particularly through the changes that were introduced by the Children Act (2004) and more recently the Children and Young Persons Act (2008)...
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Briefing - The Key Principles
Resettlement UK - Category: LC-LC Programme
The Social Exclusion Unit stated that 'effective resettlement practice requires a co-ordinated multi-agency response across the crucial transitions between custody and the community that is sustained long after release'. The Government's position has not change...
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Quality Matters in Children's Services
Mike Stein - Category: Quality Protects
Mike Stein has researched the problems and challenges faced by vulnerable young people for 25 years. This important series is the result of an extensive government-funded research initiative into the Quality Protects programme which aimed to improve outcomes for vulnerable children and young people.
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Care Matters: Time for Change
DfES - Category: Government Policy
Despite high ambitions and a shared commitment for change, Government declared that outcomes for children and young people had not sufficiently improved. This White Paper outlines the steps to be taken to ensure improvements and lasting change for children and young people in care.
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Every Child Matters (Summary) 2003
DfES - Category: Every Child Matters
This summary of the Green Paper, Every Child Matters, sets out the Government's proposals for reforming the delivery of services for children, and young people and their families.
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Quality Protects Research - York
DfES - Category: Quality Protects
This document represents Bulletin 1 of the Quality Protects Research Programme commissioned by the Department for Education & Skills
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Housing Act 1996
Crown Copyright - Category: Legislation - Legals
An Act to make provision about housing, including provision about the social rented sector. See particularly Part 7 (p.136 onwards) in relation to the Southwark Judgment regarding 16-18s and Homelessness
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Quality Protects - The Councillor's Guide
LGA - Category: Quality Protects
This document from the Minister and the LGA focused on encouraging Elected Members to take on the role of corporate parent in ensuring that strategic objectives where set for looked after children.
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Every Child Matters: Change for Children in the Criminal Justice System
DfES - Category: Every Child Matters
The Criminal Justice System should make a vital contribution to all 5 ECM outcomes for young people with a particular focus on them 'Making a Positive Contribution' and 'Staying Safe'. This publication highlights the importance of integration between youth justice agencies.
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Every Child Matters: Change for Children in Social Care (2004)
DfES - Category: Every Child Matters
This document in the ECM series describes the implications for practitioners working in social care. Introducing the Children Act 2004 as the legislative spine for the reforms, this publication also highlights the importance of child and young people having timely access to universal services.
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DH LAC (2000) 15 to District Councils
DH - Category: Quality Protects
This DH circular from 2000 gave details of the Government's Quality Protects programme for transforming children's services, with a particular focus on tackling social exclusion and childhood poverty for some of the most disadvantages and vulnerable children in our society.
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DH LAC (2000) 22 Health Service
DH - Category: Quality Protects
Sets out details of the extension to the original QP programme until 2004.
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Every Child Matters: Change for Children (2004)
DfES - Category: Every Child Matters
Young people spoke to Government stating that 5 outcomes are key to well-being in childhood and later life - being healthy; staying safe; enjoying and achieving; making a positive contribution; and achieving economic well-being. The ambition set out in this document was to improve those outcomes and narrow the gap between those who do well and those who do not.
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Children on the Edge of Care
Jenny Morris (JRF) - Category: Research Publications
This report examines how local authorities respond to the needs of 3 groups of vulnerable children. The parallels between these young people and those leaving custody are stark. The report concludes that a shortage of resources, and inadequate knowledge about the views and experience of the children result in a failure to recognise and promote their human rights.
PDF, 210.91Kb
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More Priority Needed
Shelter (2005) - Category: Accommodation
The impact of legislative change on young homeless people's access to housing and support.
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Youth Crime briefing: Looked after children and youth justice
NACRO (2002) - Category: Legislation - Legals
Reforms in the law relating to youth justice with regard to the way in which looked after legal status applies or does not apply to children being dealt with in the youth justice system.
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Children & Young People in Custody
HMCIP (2008-2009) - Category: HMIP
An analysis of the experiences of 15-18 year olds in prison
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The Funding of Custody for Children - Devolving the Budget
Standing Committee for Youth Justice - Category: General
This report examines the current arrangements for the funding of custody, particularly in the context of the way those arrangements fail to incentivise local authorities to seek to minimise the use of custody for children.
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Cutting Crime: The Case for Justice Reinvestment
House of Commons Justice Committee (2009-10) - Category: Research Publications
The committee's evidence suggests that prison is a relatively ineffective way of reducing crime for other than serious offenders. The report examines what might be done to transform the criminal justice landscape and create a sustainable response to crime for the future.
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Care Leavers - A Place to Call Home
Centrepoint (2006) - Category: Accommodation
This booklet discusses how to secure good accommodation and comprehensive support for care leavers.
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Rethinking Crime & Punishment
Esmee Fairbairn - Category: Research Publications
Rethinking Crime & Punishment is a four year £3 million initiative of the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. It funded 57 projects and this is the report.
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Arrested Development
Policy Exchange - Category: Research Publications
Max Chambers argues that with central government bearing the cost of imprisoning young people, the youth justice system exists within a cycle of failure. If local authorities have nothing to lose financially when a young person is sent to prison, there is no incentive for them to develop effective alternatives in the community.
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UN Convention on Human Rights
Registry of the European Court of Human Rights - Category: Legislation - Legals
The text of the Convention is presented as amended by the provisions of Protocol No. 14 (CETS no. 194) as from its entry into force on 1 June 2010.
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Children Act 1989 Guidance & Regulations - Volume 2 Care Planning, Placement & Case Reviews
DfE - Category: Legislation - Legals
This guidance sets out the functions and responsibilities of local authorities and partner agencies under Part 3 of the Children Act 1989 which concerns the provision of local authority support for children and families. In particular it describes how local authorities should carry out their responsibilities in relation to care planning, placement and case reviews for looked after children.
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The Children Act 1989 Guidance & Regulations - Local authority responsibilities towards former looked after children in custody
DfE - Category: Legislation - Legals
This documents provides guidance addressed to local authorities about their functions under Part 3 of the Children Act 1989. Section 15 of the Children & Young Persons Act 2008 inserted a new duty on the local authority to visit children who cease to be looked after as a result of being remanded or sentenced to custody and are not eligible for leaving care support.
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Justice Munby's Judgement on the Children Act 1989 applying to Young People in Custody
Crown Copyright - Category: Judicial Reviews
This landmark judgment relates to the application of the CA89 to under 18s in Prison Service custody and triggered a Safeguards transformation of the Under-18 Estate!
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National Standards for Youth Justice Services (2009)
YJB - Category: Government Policy
These National Standards for Youth Justice Services are statutory Guidance set by the Secretaries of State on the advice of the YJB for England and Wales. They are jointly published by the MoJ, DCSF, and the YJB
PDF, 476.46Kb
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Children Act (2004) Explanatory Notes
Crown Copyright - Category: Legislation - Legals
Children Act (2004) Explanatory Notes
PDF, 256.45Kb
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Sufficiency Guidance (2010)
DCSF - Category: Legislation - Legals
Statutory guidance on securing sufficient accommodation for looked after children.
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Children Act (1989) s.17
Crown Copyright - Category: Legislation - Legals
Children Act (1989) s.17 only
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Children & Young Persons Act 2008 Explanatory Notes
Crown Copyright - Category: Legislation - Legals
Children & Young Persons Act 2008 Explanatory Notes
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Children Act (2004)
Crown Copyright - Category: Legislation - Legals
Children Act (2004)
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London Youth Resettlement Pledge
Various - Category: Government Policy
The YJB together with the Government Office for London and Young London Matters conspired to produce a Resettlement Pledge for young custody leavers.
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Children & Young Persons Act (2008)
Crown Copyright - Category: Legislation - Legals
Children & Young Persons Act (2008)
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Children Act (1989) s.20
Crown Copyright - Category: Legislation - Legals
Children Act (1989) s.20 only
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Transitions through detention and custody
Ofsted 2010 - Category: Education & Youth Justice
The report evaluates the range and effectiveness of the arrangements for education and training for several categories of young people. Calling into question the effectiveness of existing arrangements, it highlights again the need for strategic and specialist resettlement support services to be developed by youth justice agencies.
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Punishing Costs: How locking up children is making Britain less safe
nef - Category: Research Publications
nef argues that at a time when we are facing the heaviest cuts in public finances in modern history, the reliance on high levels of imprisonment of children & young people needs to be called into question.
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Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 Chap.35
Parliament - Category: Legislation - Legals
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The Children (Leaving Care) (England) Regulations 2001
Statutory Instrument - Category: Legislation - Legals
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Caerphilly Judgement (2005)
Royal Courts of Justice - Category: Judicial Reviews
The case discloses serious failings on the part of a local authority in carrying out its duties under the 'leaving care' legislation to one of the children in its care.
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Delivering Improved Outcomes for Young Black People in the CJS (2008-11)
Ministry of Justice - Category: Government Policy
The report outlines the Government's commitment to ensure that young black people get the support they need to make positive contributions to our society.
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Lower Crime, Lower Costs
Policy Exchange - Category: Research Publications
The report suggests that with crime costing the UK around £78 billion a year, implementing effective crime reduction programmes is an essential requirement. The document identifies a number of programmes that have proved to have significant impact on future offending as well as being cost effective.
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DCSF Announcement on Southwark Judgment
DCSF - Category: Judicial Reviews
DCSF guidance to local authorities on accommodating lone children under Children Act or Housing Act legislation.
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Tell them not to forget about us
National Children's Bureau - Category: Research Publications
A guide to practice with Looked After Children in prison
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Southwark Judgment (2009)
House of Lords [2009] UKHL 26 on appeal fm [2008] EWCA Civ 877 - Category: Judicial Reviews
This House of Lords Judgment tested the circumstances in which Local Authorities should provide accommodation for lone children - sec.20 of the CA 1989 or through Housing Act 1996 homelessness provision.
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Homelessness Code of Conduct for Local Authorities
Dept. for Communities & Local Government (2006) - Category: Accommodation
Guidance under the Housing Act 1996 s.182(1) to which local authorities are required to have regard when exercising their functions under Part 7 of the 1996 Act and also under the Homelessness Act 2002. This version replaces the 2002 publication.
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Healthy Children, Safer Communities: A Strategy
HM Government - Category: Health & Youth Justice
A government strategy to promote the health & well-being of children and young people in contact with the youth justice system
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Barriers to Engagement in Education Training & Employment (2006)
YJB 2006 - Category: Education & Youth Justice
Research that examines the engagement of young people in ETE and the barriers to such engagement faced by those in the YJS
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Accommodation Needs of Young Offenders
YJB 2004 - Category: Accommodation
A snapshot of young offenders over a 2-week period highlighting the key issues for them regarding accommodation which the YJB sort to consider & address
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Key Elements of Effective Practice - Mental Health
YJB (2008) - Category: Health & Youth Justice
Key indicators of quality to inform the development of effective practice, helpful in achieving desired outcomes for young people
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Health
YJB (2008) - Category: Health & Youth Justice
A publication outlining how the YJB works to support the health needs of children and young people
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Suitable, Sustainable, Supported: A Strategy to ensure provision of accommodation for children & young people who offend.
YJB 2006 - Category: Accommodation
Following the SEU's Reducing Re-Offending by Ex-Prisoners Report (2002), the YJB developed an accommodation strategy to address the need to cut short criminal careers & enable young custody leavers to achieve the 5 ECM outcomes.
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The learning journey for young people placed by the YJB in YOIs (2008)
YJB / DCSF - Category: Education & Youth Justice
The Offender Learning Journey was jointly owned by the YJB & the Joint Youth Justice Unit, and agreed by the LSC. It describes the policy environment in which learning & skills provision for young people in YOIs is set
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The Youth Crime Action Plan (2008)
HM Government - Category: Government Policy
YCAP was billed as a comprehensive, cross-government analysis of what further efforts need to be made to tackle youth crime. Para. 5.11 outlines the key elements of a resettlement package of support
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Integrated Resettlement Support (2009-11) Management Guidance
YJB - Category: Government Policy
Building on the lessons learnt from the 59 RAP schemes, IRS represents the new approach to tackling the problems faced by young custody leavers. This guidance provides a framework that enables YOTs to operate IRS schemes in line with the YJB's objectives
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Integrated Resettlement Support Protocol (2009)
YJB - Category: Government Policy
This describes the national working protocol agreed between YOIs, STCs and IRS teams based in YOTs. It aims to facilitate communication and be specific enough to meet the requirements of all parties
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Suitable, Sustainable, Supported: A Strategy to ensure provision of accommodation for children & young people who offend (Consultation).
YJB 2006 - Category: Accommodation
Consultation Report: Opinions gathered forming a response to the main recommendations of the YJB's Accommodation Strategy
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Integrated Resettlement Support Framework (2009-11)
YJB - Category: Government Policy
Following the RAP programme, and building on Galahad research, RAP is re-branded 'IRS', signalling a change from offering post-custodial support primarily to young people with substance misuse and mental health problems, to offering services to all young people
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Leaving Care - Leaving Custody
Jeremy Whittle - Category: Research Publications
Originally a response to the Green Paper Care Matters, this publication suggests there are significant parallels between the needs of young people leaving care and of those leaving custody. It argues there are clear lessons to be learnt.
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Youth Resettlement: A framework for action
YJB - Category: Government Policy
A YJB publication from 2006 setting out a strategy to further develop resettlement capacity nationally, and the approaches to be taken regionally.
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