by diviadmin | Nov 13, 2018 | Policy, Reports, Youth Justice
After delaying the publication of this post for nearly a year, the death of another young person in custody has spurred me to go ahead… In December 2016 the government finally published the long-awaited and much-leaked Taylor Review of youth justice. Time for...
by Jonny Matthew | Jul 24, 2018 | Reports, SHB/CSE
The Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse has published it’s “Key Messages’ paper on children and young people displaying HSB. It’s a succinct and useful, zoomed out summary of the state of play on HSB in young people – a good first stop for someone with an...
by diviadmin | Jul 12, 2015 | Child Devmt, Reports, Youth Justice
The very first youth justice case I had, involved brain injury. It took me the best part two years to discover this, by which time it was too late. The lad went to custody. Needlessly. So it’s crucial that those working with all troubled teenagers know a bit...
by diviadmin | Jun 28, 2015 | Youth Justice
About 3 hours in to my first day in a youth justice team, one thing became clear. Most of these kids are victims too! So how do we address the victim needs of young people who offend? I was interviewed recently as part of a new study. The research set out to scope...
by diviadmin | Jun 5, 2014 | Child Devmt, Practice
I’ll never forget my very first case as a youth justice social worker. My boss called me in, gave me the lad’s name and said I’d be taking over the case from a colleague. I left his office feeling elated. Fresh out of college, I finally had my first...