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. View205. Isle of Wight Charter for Organisations/Services to Support Children and Families of Offenders
Barnardo's Community Support for Offenders' Families (CSOF) on the Isle of Wight have devloped a Charter for local organisations to sign up to, demonstrating their committment to making a difference for offenders' children. On signing the Charter organisations declare their awareness of the impact of offending on families and agree to five aims for good practice, including identifying a Champion for offenders' children. In response to their commitment, Isle of Wight CSOF...
206. European Journal of Parental Imprisonment 2017
Children of Prisoners Europe (COPE) is a pan-European network of non-profit organisations working on behalf of children separated from an imprisoned parent. The network encourages innovative perspectives and practices to ensure that children with an imprisoned parent fully enjoy their rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, and that action is taken to enable their well-being and development. The...
207. 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...
208. ADFAM Kinship Care
Adfam is running a new project funded by BBC’s Children In Need to support kinship carers and the children they look after. Kinship carers are family members, most commonly grandparents, but also aunts, uncles, siblings and others, who take on the care of a child because the parents are unable to. For more details, follow the link below
209. HMPPS Safer Custody Learning Bulletin: Engaging Families or Significant Others with ACCT Case Management
This bulletin, issued by HMPPS Safer Custody Policy & Learning Team/Public Protection Group, explains the benefits of involving families/significant others in the ACCT case management process. It is aimed at any member of staff working in a prison who may have contact with a prisoner or a prisoners' family/significant others.
210. HMPPS Safer Custody Learning Bulletin: Promoting Safety in Prison by Strengthening Family Ties
This bulletin, issued by HMPPS Safer Custody Policy & Learning Team/Public Protection Group, explains how support from a strong network of family and friends can make an enormous difference to an offender’s prison experience, particularly for those who may be at risk of harm It is aimed at any member of staff working in a prison who may have contact with a prisoner or a prisoners' family/significant others.
