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Managing and Responding to High Risk Young People
This conference on February 2, 2017, focused on how best to manage and respond to high risk behaviour in young people, including those who present a
Working with loss and bereavement in young people
This one day conference brought together practitioners to consider how we can support children and young people through difficult life experiences such as loss, what
Making Education Equally Safe for All: Working with young people to prevent gender based violence
This one day conference was part of the 16 Days of International Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign. It raised awareness of the issue of gender-based
Info Sheet 59: New Grounds of Referral – Children’s Hearings Scotland Act 2011
Please note that this document was produced by the Criminal Justice Social Work Development Centre, CYCJ’s former title. The grounds of referral to the Children’s
The Whole System Approach: responding to complexity and lessons learned
The Whole System Approach for Children and Young People who offend, introduced in 2011, represented a significant shift to more clearly focus on diversion, early
Exploring tertiary education for people with convictions
This report presents the findings of the Study With Conviction project undertaken between July 2015 and January 2016. It considers the barriers to accessing and
Consultation response: Children’s Hearing System – Taking Stock of Reforms
This is the response from CELCIS and CYCJ to the Education and Skill’s Committee’s call for evidence on changes to the Children’s Hearing System since
Developing Capacity & Improvement Group – Nov 16
These notes are from the Developing Capacity and Improvement Implementation Group meeting that took place on November 9, 2016. The Implementation Groups were set up as part of
Shame, an effective tool for justice?
This paper was written as part of a placement from HMP Greenock with CYCJ. It aims to explore the influence of shame within the criminal justice system,
