Effective relational working in youth justice

Relational apply

As readers will know, relational apply is on the coronary heart of youth justice work, and the undertaking has led to the co-creation of a Relationship Mannequin (and accompanying steerage) which can be utilized as a reflective useful resource by practitioners and their managers. The mannequin consists of:

a base layer of making security;a core layer of ‘belief, time, assist and being younger particular person centred’; andseven grouped abilities, attributes, and strategies that may be utilized at varied factors – these are approaches which encourage practitioners to ‘be absolutely dedicated, talk with empathy, make connections and advocate, be versatile, apply use of self and reflection, be trustworthy and problem constructively’ and eventually, ‘information, encourage hope and construct company’.

The mannequin doesn’t try to account for each eventuality, recognising that relationships by their nature are dynamic and numerous, however crucially it does present evidence-informed signposts and pointers for youth justice practitioners to comply with when making an attempt to construct profitable and efficient relationships.

Key findings

The YDP Relationship Mannequin reproduced under is a visible depiction of the approaches that practitioners described, referred to by lots of these concerned within the analysis as ‘the connection journey’.