- Overview
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In October 2022, revised case management guidance that provides clarification on minimum expectations for youth justice services was published by the Youth Justice Board of England and Wales. Alongside this guidance, advice was given on implementing standards in accordance with their guiding principle ‘Child First’. With the number of children in custody expected to double within the next year, it is now more important than ever to ensure that youth justice services are adequately meeting the needs of the population.
- The number of sentencing occasions involving children increased by 8% between 2022/23, representing an increase for the first time in ten years
- There was just under 8,400 child first entrants to the youth justice system, denoting an increase of 1% compared with the previous year
- During 2022/23, there was an average of around 440 children in custody at any one time, a fall of 3% against the previous year, and the lowest number on record.
(Youth Justice Board Annual Statistics: 2022/23)
Join us at The Youth Justice Conference 2024: Improving Outcomes Through Multi-Agency Working, to hear the latest initiatives and guidance being utilised on a national and local level, to address challenges within youth justice through multi-agency working. Utilise your time to engage with a number of practical case studies covering a range of topics. Topics will include working in partnership to improve outcomes for young offenders, supporting young women, and tackling disproportionality. whilst also familiarising yourself with techniques used to target niche, but important, demographics of young offenders. Take this opportunity to network and integrate yourself further into the youth justice community by meeting a range of fellow colleagues across the sector. Discuss key challenges that you have identified and ponder ways which you may think will help improve the youth justice system through multi-agency working.
Why Attend:
✓ Be informed by high-level keynotes, given by leading experts on guidance and policies on improving outcomes through multi-agency working
✓ Acquire a knowledge of practical case studies which outline contemporary strategies being used on a local, and national level
✓ Converse and network with fellow colleagues from across the youth justice sector
✓ CPD (gain 8 hours of CPD points towards your yearly quota)
- Agenda
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Online Registration
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Chair’s Opening Remarks
Sean Creaney, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Edge Hill University (CONFIRMED)
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Keynote: Youth Justice Board Update: Putting Child First Into Practice
- Establishing a systematic response to reducing contact between children and the YJS through the ‘Child First’ approach
- Support investment in YJS staff to encourage multi agency working and effective stakeholder management
- Create services to effectively distribute funds so every community is treated equally
- Support framework which promotes a holistic approach to addressing challenges created in the YJS as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic
Susannah Hancock, Board Member, Youth Justice Board (CONFIRMED)
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Keynote:Outcomes for Children in Custody
- Overview of inspection findings in YOIs and STCs.
- Move forward from the current challenges of behaviour management, violence and long periods locked in cell.
- Findings from the joint review of education in YOIs.
Angus Mulready-Jones, Team Leader-Children and Young Adults, HM Inspectorate of Prisons (CONFIRMED)
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Key Supporter Session: Intelligencia Training Limited: Developing a diverse and consistent workforce to improve outcomes for children through multi-agency working
- Exploring existing funding to overcome barriers to attracting, retaining and future proofing the workforce.
- Strengthening multi-agency working through shared sector specific knowledge, skills and behaviours within youth justice and partner teams and agencies.
- Insight into the curriculum and how it supports multi-agency working and empowers practitioners.
- Promoting Child First practice through shared perspectives in multi-agency working.
Becky Dutton, Partner Relationship Manager, Intelligencia Training Limited
Niccy Mills, Head of Youth Justice Practitioner, Intelligencia Training Limited
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Questions & Answers Session
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Comfort Break
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Case Study: Implementing Local Partnerships to Improve Children’s Outcomes
- Sharing common challenges faced when providing high-quality services and solutions to overcome these
- Insights into forming strong partnerships with local CAMHs practitioners to create new strategies that support children’s mental health
- Techniques for linking children with programmes which can offer them training, education and employment opportunities
- Using local data to identify which children are most likely to end up in the YJS and working with community groups to prevent this
Alison Sabaroche, Head of Service, Hammersmith and Fulham Youth Justice Service (CONFIRMED)
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Key Supporter Session: Supporting youth justice in developing a resilient workforce: Identifying a shared language
- Exploring current and future workforce challenges within the youth justice sector
- Establishing the need to support, nurture and develop those working in the youth justice sector – what workforce development means
- Providing collaborative solutions to workforce development – creating shared language and understanding, aligning and standardising ways of working, designing transferable skills and knowledge
- Delivering a future proof and resilient youth justice workforce in collaboration with stakeholders
Sharon Wilton,Technical Consultant, Skills for Justice (CONFIRMED)
Tam Whipp, Workforce Consultant, Skills for Justice (CONFIRMED)
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Questions and Answers Session
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Lunch Break
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Case Study: Facilitating a Reduction in Youth Re-Offending Through Sports Led Activities
- Using innovative engagement strategies to establish efficient communication channels with young people
- Collaborating with leisure services to deliver suitable sporting activities that help young people form healthy relationships
- Ensuring that local knowledge and credibility is at the heart of a robust and co-ordinated response to youth anti-social behaviour
- Key insights into the success of this strategy: what worked and why?
Hitesh Patel, Executive Director, Sport for Development Coalition
Stuart Felce, StreetGames, Sport For Development Coalition (CONFIRMED)
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Case Study: Improving Prevention and Diversion for Children
- Explaining the research which shows the effectiveness of diversion at reducing re-offending.
- Highlighting the principles of effective practice, including eligibility criteria, referrals, case work and monitoring.
- Emphasising the importance of connecting children to evidence-based interventions as part of diversion.
Dr Stevie-Jade Hardy, Head of Change for Policing and Youth Justice, Youth Endowment Fund (CONFIRMED)
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Questions & Answers Session
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Breakout Networking: Working in Partnerships to Better Integrate Youth Offenders Back into Wider Society
This session will provide you with the opportunity to discuss the main challenges you face in integrating children and young people back into wider society. We encourage you to share your view of what successful strategies you have utilised when dealing with this issue, and any alternative strategies that could be taken in the future to tackle this issue.
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Comfort Break
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Case Study: Delivering High Quality Care to Improve Outcomes for Children with SEND in the Youth Justice System
- Multiagency working and coordination to identify SEN and improve educational outcomes.
- Screening for neurodiversity and SLCN (speech, language and communication needs)
- Providing support to families around awareness and access to health services.
- Turnaround early intervention service and identification of SEN
Emma Baldwin, Highly Specialised Speech and Language Therapist, Bristol Youth Justice Service (CONFIRMED)
Rachel Davies, Prevention and Diversion Co-ordinator, Bristol Youth Justice Service
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Case Study: Providing Wrap-Around Support for Young Women in the Youth Justice System
- Contextualising the reasons behind the systematic overlooking of women in the YJS
- Strategies to support young women and provide them with the right services throughout their time in the YJS
- Embedding culturally-sensitive support systems that can meaningfully engage with young women from various ethnic and religious backgrounds
- Incentivising multi-agency support provided by voluntary and community-led organisations to rebuild trust with young women in the YJS
- Frameworks to encourage women to engage in professional development and educational activities whilst in the YJS for a better future
Frances Rahman, Head of Young Women & Girls, Advance (CONFIRMED)
Indy Cross, Chief Executive, Agenda Alliance (CONFIRMED)
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Questions & Answers Session
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Chair’s Closing Remarks
Sean Creaney, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Edge Hill University (CONFIRMED)
*programme subject to change without notice
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- Who Should Attend
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Platinum Partner: Gold Partner: Who Should Attend?
Delegates who will have an interest in this event will be people who work in youth justice services.
*This Conference is open to Public, Private and Third Sectors
For more information or to make a booking please call 0330 058 4285
- Sponsorship
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Raise your Profile, Showcase Your Solutions, Generate New Business
If your products, services, and solutions can support our audiences in their roles, and you want to make connections and generate new business with key stakeholders, decision makers, and influencers, then please contact Chris and Ali today at sponsorship@governmentevents.co.uk or complete our enquiry form here and we will contact you.
Benefits of partnering with us include:
- Brand awareness: Be seen by a highly targeted and engaged audience before, during, and after the conference.
- Lead generation: Meet the decision-makers and influencers responsible for making purchasing decisions on cyber security and data protection.
- Thought leadership: Position your organisation and experts as thought leaders and the ‘go to’ experts.
- Networking: Make valuable connections with potential new customers and partners across government and the wider public sector
- Grow your business: Reach decision makers in a single event on just one day and in one location (with no travel/accommodation required), saving you time and money.
- Gain valuable insights: Hear the latest from key stakeholders in government, and across the public and voluntary sectors.
IMPORTANT: There are only a small number of sponsorship opportunities available to ensure maximum exposure and ROI – contact us today to secure your place.
All packages include:
- Extensive branding – before, during, after the conference
- 15-20 min morning speaking session with Q&A
- Virtual stand to showcase your organisation, products, services, and solutions
- Opportunities to network during the day
- Half to full page ad in the E-Guide
- Banner ad on the virtual events platform
- Announcement post on LinkedIn
- Announcement within delegate communication
- 1-3 delegate places (worth upto £1,947)
- Access to the delegate details after the event
- Ongoing exposure through OnDemand (coming soon)
For more information and discuss your specific objectives, please contact Chris and Ali at sponsorship@governmentevents.co.uk or complete our enquiry form here
Virtual vs F2F
Whilst F2F provide better options for networking, there are many distinct advantages of sponsoring our online conferences including:
- Wider geographical reach of delegates and a different audience who prefer online to f2f
- Lower sponsorship package costs
- No travel/accommodation
- Less time out of the office
- No stand materials required (lower costs)
- 1 of only 2 sponsors involved – less competition on the day
- Prime speaking slot in the morning of the conference including Q&A – less distractions and easier for delegates to hear/absorb information
- Receive all delegate data after the conference to follow-up directly with those who attend and don’t attend (small % but still key stakeholders)
- Ongoing exposure via OnDemand access (coming soon)
To find out more and discuss your specific objectives, please contact Chris and Ali at sponsorship@governmentevents.co.uk or complete our enquiry form here
- Pricing
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- Private Sector Rate: £499.00+VAT
- Public Sector Rate: £360.00+VAT
- Voluntary Sector Rate: £330.00+VAT
