This report was developed by Barnardo's to support links and partnership working between professionals in the criminal justice system (CJS) and in children and family services. It concentrates on women offenders and makes recommendations on how to develop 'joined up' working between services which focus on the offender and services which focus on the child and family. The report highlights the learning points from ECHO+, a Barnardo's project carried out at Eden House, a National Offender Management Service women community service in Bristol. The learning points include acknowledging the different cultures of CJS agencies and children and families services, developing multi-agency partnership arrangements, developing pathways from custody settings into local children and families' services, and improving communication between services. Examples of practice from other services are also included in the report, which demonstrate innovative and joined up working. There are also checklists for CJS agencies to work in a family appropriate way, and for children's centres to ensure good practice. These are featured in the appendices.
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