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 delivery models, case studies, local and national policies and guidlines, practice guides, briefings and resources for professional learning and development. View139. Lucy Baldwin - Works on Maternal Imprisonment
Lucy Baldwin is retired as Associate Professor and remains Honorary Fellow at Durham University. Prior to entering the world of Academia full time in 2004 Lucy had worked as both a Social Worker and a Probation Officer across a broad range of social and criminal justice settings. (In both custodial and community based environments). She recently convened the 'Women, Families, Crime & Justice Research Network' - which hopes to bring together academics, practitioners,...
140. Developing Effective Family Practice - A New Guide from HMPPS
HMPPS Families Group have published the document 'Delivering Effective Family Practice'. This forms part of the Strengthening Prisoners' Family Ties Policy Framework The guide is designed to support prisons and their partners to provide the best outcomes for the families and significant others of prisoners. As well as analysing the needs of prisoners families, it also provides a checklist/guide to good and effective practice. 'Supporting a prisoner to develop...
Click here141. The Lammy Review
The Lammy Review, chaired by David Lammy MP, is an independent report into the treatment of, and effects on, BAME individuals in the CJS. The review highlights, in particular, the specific issues regarding the outcomes for children from BAME communities – as Lammy himself states: ‘My biggest concern is with the youth justice system’. The review finds that while 14% of the general UK population are from the BAME community, the proportion of those in youth custody is...
142. The Good Prison: Why voluntary sector coordination is essential’
Between September 2016 and October 2017 Clinks supported a voluntary sector member of staff in three prisons to implement a bespoke model of voluntary sector coordination reflective of the needs of each prison’s population. They funded a half time member of staff based in each prison and employed by a voluntary sector organisation, to support better coordination of the voluntary sector. The subsequent report: ‘The Good Prison: Why voluntary sector coordination is...
Click here143. New activity books for children visiting prisons in Northern Ireland
Two activity books and fun-to-follow maps have been developed by Barnardo’s NI Parenting Matters Service and are available for families visiting each of the prisons in Northern Ireland. Parenting Matters Manager Deirdre Sloan said: “Making a visit to prison can be very intimidating. It can also be a lengthy process and these new resources give children, 8 years and under, engaging activities to help occupy them. We have also created booklets for 8-18 year olds which parents...
144. Female Offender Strategy - June 2018
The Government have published a document outlining the strategy for addressing the complex needs of females in the Criminal Justice System. The document can be downloaded below.
