9 December 2008

Winners announced for the Communicating Youth Justice Awards 2008

YJB Chair Frances Done announced the winners of the 2008 Communicating Youth Justice Awards at the Annual Youth Justice Convention in Harrogate.

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Education, Training and Employment

Information for OLASS Providers

The information and links drawn together here provide contextual information relevant to the learning and skills agenda as it relates to young people in the youth justice system. Providers of services under the Offenders’ Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) initiative may find this resource helpful particularly if they intend to bid to provide services to children and young people.

YJB publications

Annual Report and Accounts (2005/06) [opens in new window]
Detention and Training (Summary) [opens in new window]
Progress Report on the Implementation of the Board’s National Specification for Learning and Skills in Juvenile Prison Service Establishments 2003–04 [opens in new window, 384Kb PDF]
Key Elements of Effective Practice– 'Resettlement', 'Education, Training and Employment', 'Assessment, Planning Interventions and Supervision' and 'Offending Behaviour Programmes'
National Standards for Youth Justice Services (2004) [opens in new window]

Other publications

Delivery Skills for Life: Raising the Standards – A contextual guide to support success in literacy, numeracy and ESOL Provision – The Juvenile Secure Estate for Young People aged 15-18 [opens in new window, 2.9Mb PDF]
PLUS Literacy and Numeracy Strategy Guide [opens in new window, 144Kb PDF]

External links

Note that the following all open in new windows.

DfES - Offender Skills and Learning Unit (see Offender Learning Journey [Juveniles] [Word document 577Kb])
DfES - 14-19 Gateway
DfES - Reducing Re-Offending Through Skills and Employment: Next Steps [574 PDF file held on the DfES website]. Click to read a summary of this document [opens in this window].
Success for All (now subsumed by the Quality Improvement Strategy)
National Curriculum Online
Special Educational Needs Code of Practice (on www.teachernet.gov.uk)
Working Group on 14-19 Reform website (see 14-19 Curriculum and Qualifications Reform: Final Report of the Working Group on 14-19 Reform - Oct 2004 [PDF 916Kb])
HM Prison Services' list of Prison Service Orders (PSOs) (see PSO 4950 - Regimes for Juveniles [444Kb Word document] and its annexes [2Gb Word Document])