Public Safety & Juvenile Justice
Supervisors will learn strategies to support social workers use of strength-based management approaches with youth involved in the juvenile justice system.
Goal
Supervisors’ support social workers on strength-based management with youth involved in the juvenile justice system.
Objectives
- Supervisors will become knowledgeable about the juvenile justice system.
- Supervisors will learn how to oversee case management for youth involved with the juvenile justice system.
- Supervisors will learn strategies for managing communication with the juvenile justice system.
- Supervisors will gain knowledge of alternative programs for youth involved with the juvenile justice system.
Presentations
Orientation to the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS)
Working with Youth in the Juvenile Justice System - The Children and Family Law Program
Training Materials
Social Work and Juvenile Justice
Positive Youth Development and Juvenile Justice
Juvenile Justice Facts and Definitions
Comparison Between the Juvenile Justice and Criminal Justice Systems
Adolescence, Brain Development and Legal Culpability
Proposed Juvenile Justice Reform