Resources
| Published date | 01 December 2013 |
| Date | 01 December 2013 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/0264550513512747 |
| Subject Matter | Resources |
Resources
Resources
Guidance for working with young adults
The Transition to Adulthood (T2A) Alliance and the University of Birmingham
(Institute of Applied Social Studies) have published a new guide for probation
practitioners to help them consider maturity when completing an assessment of
needs and risks for young adult offenders aged 1824. The guide is entitled Taking
Account of Maturity: A Guide for Probation Practitioners. The guide is intended to
enable probation practitioners, using the OASys tool, to recognize and obtain
evidence that a young adult’s level of maturity may be relevant to their offending
behaviour and form judgments about how this might inform the information analysis
and proposals in PSRs and the initial sentence/supervision planning process. The
Guide equips assessors to reach a professional judgment about maturity, informed
by up-to-date research and theory. The current knowledge base in this area supports
the inclusion of an understanding of maturity within a holistic assessment of the indi-
vidual. The guide includes an exploration of the concept of maturity, why it is impor-
tant and its implications for practice. The Guide is available for free via download
(http://www.t2a.org.uk/maturityguide/) or in hard copy. For more information,
or to request copies of the guide, please contact Max Rutherford, Criminal Justice
Programme Manager at the Barrow Cadbury Trust (email: m.rutherford@barrow
cadbury.org.uk).
Guidance about supporting offenders who have children
i-HOP (Information Hub on Offenders’ families with children for Professionals) is a
national one-stop information and advice service which supports all professionals
in working with children and families of offenders, including frontline staff, strategic
managers and commissioners. Commissioned by the Department for Education,
i-HOP is run by Barnardo’s in partnership with POPS (Partners of Prisoners and
Families Support Group). i-HOP is a growing directory of information that brings
together up-to-date resources, research, policy, support service details, practice
examples, training programmes and funding opportunities, in order to improve
the support delivered to children of offenders and their families. To register and
receive a free monthly e-newsletter visit http://www.i-hop.org.uk/
Probation Journal
60(4) 471–472
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