Designed by leading academics in criminal justice and youth justice and drawing on the experiences of managers and practitioners in the field, our courses provide an underpinning knowledge of theory and research, with a strong emphasis on their application in the workplace.
Essential training and continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities are important for staff and practitioners working in youth justice or allied employment. Our 5-week short courses provide cost-effective ways to gain valuable knowledge and skills on specific topics, and successful completion will result in verifiable certificates from our awarding body – Skills for Justice Awards.
This Effective Practice Award (EPA) is designed to help you to understand the key principles of diversion from the formal criminal justice system – either out of court disposal or prosecution, and the implications of these in everyday practice with children and young people who have been arrested for relatively low-level offences.
This EPA has been produced by Unitas in partnership with the Centre for Justice Innovation (CJI). CJI champions practice innovation and evidence-led policy reform in a variety of areas, including diversion.
This course has been updated with YJB definitions, new guidance and policy information based on research, and includes a new section on disproportionality.
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Created by Unitas in partnership with the YJB and accredited by SFJ Awards, this Effective Practice Award is designed to help you help you to understand the key principles of Child First practice, the evidence for it and the implications of these in everyday practice with children in the youth justice system
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Created by Unitas in partnership with the YJB and accredited by SFJ Awards, this Effective Practice Award is designed to help you understand the key principles of trauma-informed practice, the evidence for it and the implications for everyday practice with children in the youth justice system
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Explore the processes by which young people stop offending and the practitioner role in supporting by using strengths based approaches. This EPA was produced by Unitas and delivered in partnership with the Youth Justice Institute (YJI).
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