Education, Training and Employment
Prevention Initiatives
Preventing disengagement from education is clearly preferable to picking up the pieces later when anti-social behaviour and criminal activity may have become entrenched. The YJB is involved in initiatives designed to focus on children and young people who may be at risk.
Click to view Key Elements of Effective Practice – Targeted Neighbourhood Prevention Programmes.
Restorative Justice in Schools is being piloted in Hammersmith and Fulham and is already showing promising findings, particularly in preventing exclusions. Click to view a news item on the project. See also the restorative justice in schools area of the website.
Safer Schools Partnerships (SSPs) arose out of the Street Crime initiative and involve the YJB in partnership working with the DfES, Home Office, ACPO, the Head Teachers Associations. SSPs are designed to reduce crime and victimisation in schools to provide a safer learning environment. It is planned to set up 200 partnerships in England and Wales. Click for more on SSPs.
Positive Activities for Young People (PAYP) arose out of the Summer Splash programmes initiated by the Youth Justice Board to provide constructive activities for young people on high-risk housing estates during the school holidays. These schemes have now become a permanent feature in areas where there are high levels of crime and social deprivation. They are funded through the Children’s Fund and administered through the DfES Children, Young People and Families Directorate.