HMI Probation

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Children displaying harmful sexual behaviour – evidence base

[HMI Probation (2025)]

Summary of the evidence base relevant to working with children displaying harmful sexual behaviour. [From HMI Probation’s Research & Analysis collection].

Keywords: young people, sexual offences

Children displaying violent behaviour – evidence base

[HMI Probation (2025)]

Summary of the evidence base relevant to working with children who display violent behaviour. [From HMI Probation’s Research & Analysis collection].

Keywords: young people, violence

Children involved in urban street gangs – evidence base

[HMI Probation (2025)]

Summary of the evidence base relevant to working with children involved in urban street gangs. [From HMI Probation’s Research & Analysis collection].

Keywords: young people, gangs

Effective Practice – Unpaid Work

[HMI Probation (2025)]

Includes examples of effective practice observed by HMI Probation during fieldwork for the inspection, including examples of leadership, UPW placements, and engagement strategies. [From HMI Probation’s Research & Analysis collection].

Keywords: community payback, unpaid work

Effective practice guide – Recruitment, Training and Retention

[HMI Probation (2025)]

Report from HMI Probation, based on inspection findings, giving examples of effective practice that supported successful recruitment, ensured continuous professional development opportunities for staff and promoted positive retention in teams. [From HMI Probation’s Research & Analysis collection].

Keywords: staff recruitment, staff retention

Hope and Probation: Using the lens of hope to reimagine probation practice

[HMI Probation (2025)]

This report focuses on the concept of hope within the delivery of probation services, recognising that having hope is important for people who have a desire to change. [From HMI Probation’s Research & Analysis collection].

Keywords: desistance

Progressive desistance practice in youth justice

[HMI Probation (2025)]

Academic insights report which focuses on existing desistance literature and its application to children. [From HMI Probation’s Research & Analysis collection].

Keywords: young people, desistance

Transitional Safeguarding in youth justice and probation services

[HMI Probation (2025)]

Views on how youth justice and probation work together to provide services to young people to ensure Transitional Safeguarding. [From HMI Probation’s Research & Analysis collection].

Keywords: young people, safeguarding