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
Find information, books, tools, activities and programmes to support your work with offenders and their partners or family members. ViewTo support Professional's Practice
Find delivery models, case studies, local and national policies and guidlines, practice guides, briefings and resources for professional learning and development. View109. Practice Model: Pact baby group at HMP Swansea
The Pact baby group at HMP Swansea provides fathers with parenting support, skills and the time and space to bond with their new born babies. Background Pact developed the idea for a baby group at HMP Swansea as a result of conversations between the Family Support Co-ordinator and new mothers who had partners at HMP Swansea. These women voiced their worries for their babies and partners, and their concerns about bonding. Fathers that the Family Support Co-ordinator spoke with said that...
110. Practice Model: The Re-Unite Programme
The national Re-Unite programme reunites and houses women leaving prison with their children. Background The Re-Unite programme is currently being piloted in ten areas across the country. It aims to address a 'catch 22' problem in the system whereby when mothers are released from custody, their children are usually in kinship or local authority care and the mothers are therefore generally not considered a priority for housing. Without suitable housing it then becomes very...
111. Practice Model: Thinking Fathers parenting programme in Bradford
West Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) and Barnardo's work together in Bradford to provide parenting programmes to fathers on community orders or supervision following a custodial sentence. Background Barnardo's Parenting Team were commissioned to deliver a parenting group to fathers on community orders or supervision within the West Yorkshire CRC. This followed the success of an initial pilot and took place over 8 weeks in spring 2015. Offender Managers identified a...
112. Prison Advice and Care Trust (Pact) YouTube Channel
The Prison Advice and Care Trust (Pact) have hosted a YouTube channel showing a selection of short films on many aspects of supporting prisoners and their families. The videos include animations featuring the voices of children, highlights from the Time to Connect parenting course and interviews with couples.
113. Prison Champion Offers Confidential Support to Pupils- BBC News Piece
This 2 minute video clip about the Barnardo's Erlestoke prison champion from Dilton Marsh primary school was part of the BBC Points West news programme. The reporter, Erlestoke's prison Governor and the schools champion briefly talk about stigma, intergenerational offending, poor school outcomes and identification of the children of prisoners. View this news piece about Wiltshire prison champion on the BBC below:
114. Prison Service Journal - July 2018
The Prison Service Journal #238 (July 2018) contains two articles on the subject of parental imprisonment: 'Family Matters: A critical examination of family visits for imprisoned mothers and their families' is by Dr Natalie Booth a Lecturer in Criminology at the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University. 'A qualitative study of imprisoned fathers: Separation and the impact on relationships with their children' is by Dr Geraldine Akerman,...
