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 delivery models, case studies, local and national policies and guidlines, practice guides, briefings and resources for professional learning and development. View79. Ofsted Good practice resource Inclusive family learning in a prison setting: HMP Wolds
This practice model demonstrates how family ties are maintained and created through the Family Learning Programme at HMP Wolds. Fathers, their children and their partners have weekly visits in a relaxed environment, allowing children and fathers to bond, and fathers to interact with their children in their capacity as parent. Both parents learn about parenting skills, and complete tasks to receive an OCN certificate. As well as a description of the programme, Ofsted have also produced a video...
80. National Occupational Standard - Carry out playwork in prisons
National Occupational Standards (NOS) are statements of the standards of performance individuals must achieve when carrying out functions in the workplace, together with specifications of the underpinning knowledge and understanding. This National Occupational Standard is for playworkers who are planning and implementing play opportunities for children and young people visiting a parent or relative in prison. It includes the understanding of working in a restricted environment and a...
81. Case Study: PFFS Swan Centre
This case study demonstrates the positive impact that PFFS's Swan Centre and Befriending Service had on Jenny's life after her step-father was sent to prison. Background: Jenny* is now 20 years old. Eleven years ago when she was 9 she was forced, along with her mum and baby brother to leave the city where all her family and friends lived. This came about because her mum's boyfriend Rob was arrested for killing another man. Struggling to understand what was going on...
82. Every Family Matters: Things to consider when setting up Family Link Support Services and organising Family Focused Visits in Prisons
This guide by POPS is aimed at coordinators, managers and strategic planners. It was funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families and offers guidance and basic principles on how to improve family ties via Family Link Support Services and Family Focused Visits. It considers 10 questions to run through before setting up either, as well as case studies which reflect POPS good practice. Download POPS' Every Family Matters guide below.
83. Children's centre inspection handbook for inspections from April 2013
This inspection handbook for Children's Centres, recognises that Children of Offenders and/or those in Custody are a potential target group, that may have needs or circumstances which need further intervention or support (p.42). See Ofsted inspection handbook below:
84. A new approach to managing female offenders
This Policy paper outlines the governments plans for managing female offenders. The three documents included in this are Women's Custodial Estate Review, Stocktake of Women's Services for Offenders in the Community and Government's response to the Justice Committee's Second Report of Session 2013-14: Female Offenders. The Government's response to the Justice Committee's Second Report of Session 2013-14: Female Offenders touches on the findings of the Estate Review...
