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Effective practice guide library

About our guides

Using examples of effective practice from within our core adult and youth inspections and the thematic programme, we have developed a range of effective practice guides and resources.

These materials are aimed at a range of audiences; they are intended to support practitioners, middle managers and strategic leaders to reflect on their own experiences and consider how they may apply the key learning points in their own contexts.

If you are a probation or youth justice practitioner, we would like to hear what you think of these materials, including any suggested improvements. Please send your ideas to Helen.Amor@hmiprobation.gov.uk (E-mail address).

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Effective Practice Guide: Offender Management in Custody, post-release (adult services)

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Based on effective practice identified during our thematic review of the Offender Management in Custody model.

Effective practice guide: Youth Resettlement

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Between January and October 2022, six youth justice services were rated ‘Outstanding’ in resettlement. This guide seeks to share the practice from these services to help improve practice in this area. We explore organisational delivery, case supervision and share the evidence base which supports effective practice.

Effective Practice Guide: Offender Management in Custody, pre-release (adult services)

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Based on effective practice identified during our thematic review of the Offender Management in Custody model.

Effective practice guide: Middle managers – professional curiosity insights (adult services)

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This insights guide is designed for middle managers to help them consider how they can create a culture that enables and promotes professional curiosity.

Effective practice guide: Practitioners – professional curiosity insights (adult services)

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This insights guide explores what professional curiosity is, why it is important, errors, bias and barriers that impede its use and how you can mitigate these. In addition, the pack highlights themes where a lack of professional curiosity has impacted on the quality of case supervision, and we share case illustrations where professional curiosity has improved the quality of supervision.

Effective practice guide: Adult MAPPA

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Based on effective practice identified during our joint thematic inspection of Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements.

Effective practice guide: Youth Education, Training and Employment

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Based on our joint inspection of education, training and employment services in youth offending teams in England and Wales.

Online Insights 2022 festival event: Black and Mixed Heritage Boys: Principles of Effective Assessment in Youth Justice

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This 59:22min YouTube video provides an overview of the principles of effective assessments for Black and Mixed Heritage boys.

YJB Practitioner Forum: Black and mixed heritage boys in the youth justice system

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This is a 20 minute recorded webinar, providing an overview of the case supervision section of the black and mixed heritage boys effective practice guide.

Effective practice guide: Mental health

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Based on our thematic inspection of the criminal justice journey for individuals with mental health needs and disorders (2021).