How is youth diversion working for children with SEND?: Online report launch скачать в хорошем качестве

How is youth diversion working for children with SEND?: Online report launch

Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) are hugely over-represented at all points in the criminal justice system. Evidence suggests that 70-90% of children in the justice system have some form of SEND. Youth diversion offers many children a pathway out of the criminal justice system. However, given the range of barriers that children with SEND face in navigating the criminal justice system, they may be less likely to receive diversion. This recording is of our online launch event for our research report exploring this issue. Drawing on the experiences of practitioners from both police and youth justice services, as well as, crucially, children with SEND themselves, our report explores how diversion processes are working for these children and what can be done to ensure they have the appropriate access to diversion. You can access the report in full here: https://justiceinnovation.org/publica... This event was chaired by Sal Naseem, Assistant Director of Insight, Policy & Strategy at Birmingham City Council and Trustee of the Centre for Justice Innovation, and featured presentations from, and a Q&A with, Kate Langley, Director of Operations (South) at the Youth Justice Board, Carla McDonald-Heffernan, Research Officer at the Centre for Justice Innovation Paul Stride, Child and Young People Portfolio Coordinator at the National Police Chief’s Council and Bami Jolaoso, Senior Innovative Practice Officer at the Centre for Justice Innovation.