Buckinghamshire Youth Justice Plan 2025 to 2026

What we have done, what has happened as a result, and what we will do next.

• Launched the national Prevention and Diversion assessment tool, providing training to all practitioners
• Commissioned a staff well-being session, run by an external charity
• Delivered workshops on Cultural Competency to all staff
• Introduced the team and the Board to the new Inspection framework requirements
• Actively celebrated and promoted national and cultural events to raise awareness of community diversity
• Trained staff on gender awareness
• Increased skillset of practitioners through the delivery of training on working with parents

• Children are assessed in line with national requirements
• Evidence within assessments and intervention delivery of greater cultural understanding and gender awareness
• A whole service approach to persons harmed is being actively embedded

• Deliver training to staff on working with children and families where English may not be their first language
• Develop a workshop for staff to support their understanding of the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities
• Supporting practitioners in engaging families with multiple needs, focusing on professional boundaries to empower those we work with