The SCYJ invite GMYJUP to speak about academic-practitioner collaboration and partnership working

Hannah, Paul and Anna discussed how Greater Manchester Youth Justice University Partnership (GMYJUP) have successfully developed a revolutionary model of collaboration and multidisciplinary working in youth justice. By championing innovative delivery models and partnership approaches to service improvement, they discussed how it can be possible to achieve genuine collaborative working between academia and practice.

Presenting some of GMYJUP’s current research, they also shared how GMYJUP is transitioning away from a disempowering model of youth justice in favour of a strength-based model that prioritises engagement and participation and puts young people at the heart of delivery. By engaging young people in the development of creative approaches to manage their behaviour, GMYJUP have been successful in giving young people a voice in the dialogue around how youth justice services should operate through pioneering the application of a Youth Participatory Action Research (or YPAR) approach to service redevelopment.

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