The two-day conference aims to explore progress and achievements in developing youth justice practices in Scotland from 2010 to 2011. It will provide an opportunity for youth justice practitioners to share how their agencies have adapted to financial difficulties in innovative ways while maintaining a focus on evidence-led practices. The conference will include workshops on a wide range of youth justice topics presented by practitioners and is open to applications from local authorities and voluntary agencies involved in youth justice in Scotland.
The two-day conference aims to explore progress and achievements in developing youth justice practices in Scotland from 2010 to 2011. It will provide an opportunity for youth justice practitioners to share how their agencies have adapted to financial difficulties in innovative ways while maintaining a focus on evidence-led practices. The conference will include workshops on a wide range of youth justice topics presented by practitioners and is open to applications from local authorities and voluntary agencies involved in youth justice in Scotland.
The two-day conference aims to explore progress and achievements in developing youth justice practices in Scotland from 2010 to 2011. It will provide an opportunity for youth justice practitioners to share how their agencies have adapted to financial difficulties in innovative ways while maintaining a focus on evidence-led practices. The conference will include workshops on a wide range of youth justice topics presented by practitioners and is open to applications from local authorities and voluntary agencies involved in youth justice in Scotland.
SHOP BASED CONFERENCE The Conference’s primary aim is to provide an op- portunity for the youth justice practice com- munity to explore and showcase progress and achievements in the de- velopment of youth jus- tice practice in Scotland in 2010 – 2011.
Local Authorities and Voluntary
Agencies are facing difficult finan- cial circumstances. In addition to the exploring the consequences of these for youth justice, the conference will seek to support practitioners main- tain their focus on research and evi- dence led practice and share examples of ways in which agencies may have adapted to these adverse circum- stances in innovative or creative ways of structuring and delivering effective
Venue & Delegates Workshop Presenters
Held in West Park, Dundee we are delighted to say that this is We would like to invite workshop presenters over a wide range of the fourth such conference, organised by the Criminal Justice So- practices in connection with Youth Justice, cial Work Development Centre, and funded by the ScottishGov- showing the development over the years. Us- ernment. The National Practice Development have been involved ing the same format as last year, delegates will with the developing of the Conference along with the Youth be asked to select their choice of workshops, Justice Advisory Group and their Executive Group, to produce a and it is hoped that in the main their choices 2-day workshop based conference. can be accommodated. Each workshop run will have relevancy to Youth Justice and we would encourage sub- Applications should be made through the Youth Justice Advisory missions for this as soon as possible. Group member or equivalent, submitted to the Criminal Justice Social Work Development Centre, and allocations will be made. DATES: 22nd and 23rd June 2011