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.
To support working with Children
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. View7. Barnardo's i-HOP Academic Resource Pack
The Barnardo's i-HOP Academic Resource Pack is a comprehensive set of teaching materials for use as part of undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Its aim is to enable course providers to ensure the future children and families workforce understands and can respond to offenders' children, who may be among the most vulnerable of the children that they go on to work with. This easy-to-use resource pack incorporates everything an educator needs to deliver a session on...
8. Barnardo's i-HOP Quality Statements and Toolkit
The Barnardo's i-HOP Quality Statements and Toolkit is a helpful resource for all professionals in universal, targeted, specialist and criminal justice services to assess and develop their practice with children of offenders. Produced by Research in Practice, the Toolkit was informed by research, policy and practice as well as practitioners and children and young people who have had a loved one involved in the Criminal Justice System. The Toolkit is structured by 8 Quality...
9. Barnardo's NICCO: Assisting apprenticeship providers to support children of offenders
This document contains a poster and a two page briefing about children of offenders and how NICCO can assist apprenticeship providers to consider them. Given the experiences young people with a parent in prison may face, it is essential that apprenticeship providers understand and are able to respond to their needs. The briefing summarises how young people may be affected by parental imprisonment and highlights how NICCO can assist professionals to respond to these needs. Please...
10. Barnardo's NICCO: Assisting children's rights advocates to support children of offenders
This document contains a poster and three page briefing about children and families affected by parental offending and how NICCO can assist children's rights advocates to support them. The briefing summarises some of the key effects of imprisonment on children and, with reference to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), considers which of their rights are particularly impacted on by a parent's involvement in the criminal justice system. The unique...
11. Barnardo's NICCO: Assisting Community Rehabilitation Companies and the National Probation Service to support offenders' children
This document contains a poster and two page briefing about children and families affected by parental offending and how NICCO can assist Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) and the National Probation Service (NPS) professionals to support them. The briefing summarises some of the key outcomes for these families, and highlights the importance of CRC and NPS professionals considering children and families in their supervision of offenders. CRC and NPS professionals supervise a range...
12. Barnardo's NICCO: Assisting court professionals to support the children and families of offenders
This document contains a poster and two page briefing about children and families affected by parental offending and how NICCO can assist courts professionals to support them. The briefing summarises some of the key outcomes and experiences for these families, and highlights the benefits of professionals working within courts having an awareness of these issues and the ability to provide support or information to the children and families of the defendants attending court. The importance...
