The NICCO Directory of Resources provides details of the huge number of tools, activities, practice models and guidance that have been developed by agencies to support offenders and their children and families.
Whether you are working directly with children, supporting offenders to maintain parental contact, helping a parent to prepare their child for a prison visit or simply want to develop your own understanding of the criminal justice system, this directory provides you with a range of resources to support and inform your work.
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Find activities, books, films, sound bites and worksheets to support your work with children and young people. ViewOffenders and Families
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Find delivery models, case studies, local and national policies and guidlines, practice guides, briefings and resources for professional learning and development. View67. Release date
This handy information sheet covers issues relevant for family members around a prisoner's release date. The sheet summarises factors influencing the release date, tackles some myths, and defines the meaning of Home Detention Curfew (Tag), Early Removal Scheme, Parole, Tariff, Remand Time, Adjudications and Extended Sentences. Useful for professionals as a summary and to pass on to a family member or carer. See the Offenders' Families Helpline website for the entire range of their...
Click here68. Spurgeons Animated Support Guide
Supporting a child with a parent in prison, might be something you never thought you would have to do. The situation may be complicated and you may be navigating the criminal justice system for the first time. But when a child's parent goes to prison, it's important to talk to the child about what's happening. They might be confused, sense something is happening, or they might even have already found out some other way. Please click below to access Spurgeons animated...
69. Supporting a child with a close relative in prison
This handy information sheet covers issues around what/how to tell a child whose close relative has gone to prison, as well as communicating with the school and the possibility of bullying. Useful for professionals as a summary and to pass on to a family member or carer. See the Offenders' Families Helpline website for the entire range of their information sheets below:
Click here70. Supporting the Families of Sex Offenders
This PDF contains the findings of the conference 'Breaking the taboo: Supporting the families of sex offenders' held on 13 February 2013.
71. Talking to children when a parent has been arrested/convicted with regard to child abuse material on the internet
This helpful information sheet from the Lucy Faithfull Foundation guides parents/carers and professionals through conversations with children whose parents have been arrested or convicted as a result of looking at child abuse material on the internet. It covers questions children may have about child sex abuse, possible responses for parents to consider, highlights the benefits of openness and guides readers in terms of what information is appropriate to share with children and...
72. The Families Left Behind
This useful 40 page information booklet was written by women with a loved one in prison who came together via Families Outside and Fife Council Community Support Team. The booklet is intended to inform and give comfort to others who have a family member in prison and can be used in a practical way. Throughout this resource, many frequently asked questions are answered in relation to topics such as court processes, prison information, health and wellbeing, dealing with media attention,...
