Young People's Services
Respect's Young People's Services (YPS) focus on teenagers' use of violence in close relationships (ie to boyfriends, girlfriends, siblings and parents). Respect launched a toolkit for working with young people at the beginning of 2011 and this piloted and evaluated in 5 projects across the UK.The 5th National Practitioner's Network
The 5th Young People's Service Practitioner's Seminar was held in Nottingham on 5th October 2011 in conjunction with the Nottingham Domestic Violence Forum. We provided a range of presentations and workshops around new and effective practice in the sector. Some of the presentations on the day are available to download here:
Janaya Alcock and Dave Snook, Loudmouth Education & Training - Innovative New Approaches to Educating Young People around Abusive Relationships
Alison Thomas, Nottingham Domestic Violence Forum - Working With Young People Exploring Choice & Self Esteem
Working with young peoples' violence in close relationships 5 day training course
This five day course will equip practitioners to use the Respect toolkit on working with young people’s violence in close relationships. The toolkit has been developed and piloted in a wide range of settings and is used across the UK with 13-19 year olds. The toolkit includes guidelines for assessment and safe working practice as well as practical exercises for working one to one and in groups (including a DVD of discussion-stimulus materials. The training will include full access to the online toolkit and the accompanying DVD materials. The date for the next course is:
1st to 2nd and 13th to 15th March 2012 in Bristol
For further information and the booking form please click here.
Cost
£600 to Respect members
£750 to non-members
Trainers: Kate Iwi & Julia Worms – Respect Young People’s Service
Chris Newman and Mike Feeney.
National conference 2011
On 17th February 2011 we held our national conference on young people's violence in close relationships. This took place in London. Presentations from the day are available to download by clicking here.
Evaluation of the pilot of the tool kit
To contribute to the development of the Respect tool kit for working with young people using abusive behaviour in close relationships, we undertook an evaluation of the 5 pilot services, to read the summary of the evaluation please click here. To read the full evaluation click here.
Directory of services for young people
We are also compiling a national directory to enable our helpline staff to identify local services for those in need. If you are aware of a local service please let us know. If you think your service may be relevant please download the form from here.