The NICCO Directory of Resources provides details of the huge number of tools, activities, practice models and guidance that have been developed by agencies to support offenders and their children and families.
Whether you are working directly with children, supporting offenders to maintain parental contact, helping a parent to prepare their child for a prison visit or simply want to develop your own understanding of the criminal justice system, this directory provides you with a range of resources to support and inform your work.
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Find activities, books, films, sound bites and worksheets to support your work with children and young people. ViewOffenders and Families
Find information, books, tools, activities and programmes to support your work with offenders and their partners or family members. ViewTo support Professional's Practice
Find delivery models, case studies, local and national policies and guidlines, practice guides, briefings and resources for professional learning and development. View25. Barnardo's NICCO: Assisting social care professionals to support children of offenders
This document contains a poster and two page briefing about children and families affected by parental offending and how NICCO can assist social care professionals to support them. The briefing summarises some of the key outcomes for these families, and highlights the importance of social care teams having an understanding of this issue and the ability to provide support and information for families in this situation. It is likely that social workers may already be working with many...
26. Barnardo's NICCO: Assisting the police force to support children of offenders
This document contains a poster and two page briefing about children and families affected by parental offending and how NICCO can assist police to support them. The briefing summarises some of the key outcomes for these families, and highlights the benefits of professionals within the police force having an awareness of these issues and the ability to provide support or information to the children and families they come in to contact with, who are in this situation. The importance of...
27. Barnardo's NICCO: Assisting Troubled Families professionals to support children of offenders
This document contains a poster and two page briefing about children and families affected by parental offending and how NICCO can assist Troubled Families professionals to support them. The briefing summarises some of the key outcomes for these families, and highlights the importance of Troubled Families teams having an understanding of this issue and the ability to provide support for families in this situation. It is likely that many families already engaged in the Troubled Families...
28. Barnardo's NICCO: Integrating children of offenders into university courses
This document contains a poster and two page briefing about children of offenders and how NICCO can assist academic institutions to include children and families affected by parental offending in various courses such as PGCE and Undergraduate ITE, Social Work, Childhood Studies, Criminology, Counseling, Youth Work, Child Nursing and Education Studies. As some of this group of children and families will be amongst the most vulnerable, and often remain 'invisible' to agencies, it is...
29. Barnsley Safeguarding Children Board- Guidelines for working with children who have a family member in prison
This guidance, primarily aimed at education professionals but accessible to multiagency professionals, works in line with Every Child Matters and the 2004 Children's Act. It aims to raise awareness of the impact of family imprisonment on children and looks at how to meet their needs. The 13 page document includes sections which cover: information sharing and confidentiality, school recording, children's ability to confide in someone, who to inform (working within a need to know...
30. BBC Radio 4 Law in Action - Mothers Behind Bars
A podcast exploring the issues around the imprisonment of mothers and whether fewer custodial sentences should be given to women who are primary carers. A mother and daughter tell Joshua Rozenberg what it's like when childhood is disrupted by a mother's imprisonment. Also featuring Juliet Lyon of the Prison Reform Trust and Andrea Albutt, the new president of the Prison Governors Association. Listen to Mothers Behind Bars below:
