Publications: Practitioner guides
Practitioner guides
Developing trauma-informed resettlement for young custody leavers: a practitioner’s guide
28 November 2016
This practitioner briefing outlines the key features of trauma-informed approaches to working with custody leavers.
Read moreYoung offenders and trauma: experience and impact: a practitioner’s guide
28 November 2016
This practitioner briefing aims to highlight what is currently known about the links between trauma and young people’s behaviour and development.
Read moreCustody to community: supporting young people to cope with release: a practitioner’s guide
22 August 2016
This practitioner’s guide is about the way that young people experience the transition from custody back into the community
Read moreThe role of family support in resettlement: a practitioner’s guide
19 July 2016
This practitioner’s briefing explores the family’s unique position to fulfil key characteristics that research has shown are associated with effective resettlement support
Read moreEthnicity, faith and culture in resettlement: a practitioner’s guide
19 November 2015
This practitioner’s briefing examines how the development of more culturally-responsive resettlement practice can improve resettlement outcomes for young people leaving custody
Read moreRecognising diversity in resettlement: a practitioner’s guide
19 November 2015
This practitioner briefing examines how responding to diversity can maximise effective practice
Read moreGang-involved young people: custody and beyond: practitioner’s guide
7 April 2015
This practitioner’s guide examines how knowledge about the specific needs of gang-involved young people and the factors relating to desistance from gang-related crime can inform effective practice with current and former gang-involved young people during their time in custody and beyond.
Read moreResettlement of girls and young women: a practitioner’s guide
19 August 2014
This practitioner briefing examines how our knowledge about young women’s offending can begin to inform more effective, gender-sensitive resettlement practice with girls and young women leaving custody.
Read moreParticipatory approaches for young people in resettlement: a practitioner’s guide
24 April 2014
This briefing reports on research undertaken by Beyond Youth Custody on developing participatory approaches in resettlement services and considers the implications for work with young people leaving custody.
Read moreEngaging young people in resettlement: a practitioner’s guide
9 April 2014
This practitioner’s guide reports on research undertaken by Beyond Youth Custody on the issue of engaging young people in resettlement services and considers the implications for work with young people leaving custody.
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