Our blog features articles from experts in youth justice, discussing their perspectives on effective youth justice systems and why it is important for young people to have a second chance.
Research fellow at the School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne and co-creator of Local Time.
When the National Gallery of Victoria and VicHealth announced the inaugural Victorian Design Challenge (VDC) with the question: ‘How might we increase the resilience of today’s young people’, it seemed to be speaking directly to me about the state of youth justice in Victoria.
Read MoreDr Sally Wilkins is a recently retired Psychiatrist. She reflects on how the Our Way of Working framework influences the way Jesuit Social Services staff work with young offenders.
I had the privilege recently of joining with a large audience of emerging practitioners attending a forum led by Jesuit Social Services.
The purpose of the forum was to hear from Jesuit Social Services Senior Practitioners about what it is like to work with young people in the Youth Justice space, how they deal with the many barriers they encounter and how, working within Jesuit Social Services ‘Our Way of Working’ framework, they can overcome those barriers.
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