The London Resettlement Partnership (LRP) is a new, innovative and joint approach committed to improving the resettlement experience for children. The LRP launched in 2020 with partners including all 32 London Boroughs, Association of London Directors of Children’s Services, Ministry of Justice, Youth Justice Board, Youth Custody Service, Mayors Office for Policing and Crime and NHS England. The LRP aims to improve outcomes for children by working in partnership to present real opportunities that support their return to the community with the aim of reducing reoffending.
65% of children released from custody reoffended (YJB/MOJ)
Our resource hub is a central source of Constructive Resettlement guidance and tools for people working with children in the Youth Justice System.
The Youth Justice Board has adopted Constructive Resettlement as its ‘theory of change’, championing it as a new, actionable approach for the sector, with a clear, united focus.
Our aim is to support you in implementing Constructive Resettlement in your daily
work to achieve sustained, positive outcomes for children. We want to equip you with the tools to be empowered and confident in your practice.
Hear from Louise Wakelin on her tips for implementing Constructive Resettlement and the support available to you and your colleagues.
Constructive Resettlement (CR) is an evidence-based framework that empowers practitioners to support children on their own personal journey towards a constructive future.
It provides a theory of change to focus on the “how” around engaging effectively with children to support them from a place where they are offending or taking part in destructive behaviours, to a place where they have aspirations for the future and are leading positive lives.
The aim is to guide a child’s identity development from pro-offending to pro-social.
Constructive Resettlement recognises that sustained positive outcomes after custody require a personal journey for children, where they develop their identity – from one that allows offending, to one that encourages a constructive future.
Therefore, the role for all services involved in resettlement is to facilitate children’s development from a pro-offending identity to one which is pro-social.
