Developing trauma-informed resettlement for young custody leavers: a practitioner’s guide

28 November 2016 | Tagged with the theme: Trauma

This practitioner briefing outlines the key features of trauma-informed approaches to working with custody leavers. It also focuses on some of the implications that trauma and its effects might have for resettlement practice.

It is important that resettlement work is anchored in an awareness of possible trauma in the backgrounds of young custody leavers and in an understanding of the way in which such trauma can affect behaviour and engagement. Attempting to address current behaviour without such understanding can result in unsuccessful and sometimes detrimental interventions for young people.

This practitioner briefing outlines the key features of trauma-informed approaches to working with custody leavers. It also focuses on some of the implications that trauma and its effects might have for resettlement practice, following on from another practitioner briefing which summarises what is currently known about trauma and its prevalence in the backgrounds of young offenders (Young Offenders and Trauma: Experience and impact).

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