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. View121. Someone should just have asked me what was wrong
Scottish organisation Families Outside have produced this interactive e-booklet full of guidance for schools in supporting children impacted by imprisonment. Although written for a Scottish audience, most of the resource is useful to practitoners from England, Wales and Northern Ireland also. The document is split up in into 6 main chapters; raising awareness and understanding needs, reaching out to children and families, supporting children and young people, maintaining contact with a...
122. Practice Model from Wolverhampton CAPI Steering Group
Practice Model from Wolverhampton CAPI Steering Group. In January 2016 Barnardo’s i-hop service delivered a Children Affected by Parental Imprisonment (CAPI) conference in Wolverhampton inviting delegates from a wide range of services from Wolverhampton and the surrounding West Midlands area. Part of this event were a series of consultation workshops determining what support, if any, was given to children affected by parental imprisonment by professionals and also what the...
123. Feedback from Barnardo's Essex Children Affected by Parental Imprisonment (CAPI) 'Hidden cost on Offender Families' Conference
The attached PDF contains an overview and description of the Essex CAPI conference: 'Hidden cost on Offender Families' which was held on 26th September 2017, as well as an evaluation of the event.
124. eLearning: Children of prisoners
These eLearning resources provide interactive, multimedia information for all professionals working with children and families. There are three resources available: Children of prisoners: an introduction This provides an introduction to some of the shared experiences children of prisoners may have. It has a tests your knowledge section and provides a summary of the main points. The pathway from arrest to release This section explores the journey through the criminal justice...
125. Social Care TV: Children of prisoners
These three videos consider the difficulties that children and families can face at various points of the offender journey; arrest, custody and release. They cover both the emotional and practical impacts, and include parents (both those who have been in prison and those outside) talking about their experiences, and professionals discussing some of the approaches to working with families. Each video sums up the key messages for practice emerging from the films, and considers what social care...
126. Missing Out
This is an excerpt of a DVD produced by Action for Prisoners' and Offenders' Families which demonstrates how family life can be affected by a woman's imprisonment. It is a short youtube video which shows a scene where the imprisoned woman asks her mother to care for her son whilst she serves her 1 year sentence inside. Watch the clip below:
