Applying the Sequential Intercept Model to the Northern Ireland Context. A selective review of practice innovations to improve the life chances of justice-involved young people and adults with complex needs

This report uses the ‘Sequential Intercept Model’ as a framework for a selective review of practice innovations at different stages of the criminal justice process as a means to identify good practice to improve the life chances of young people and adults with complex needs in Northern Ireland (NI) who interface with the criminal justice system (CJS) . Commissioned by the Safeguarding Board Northern Ireland (SBNI), the report makes a contribution to the Early Intervention Transformation Programme’s (EITP) Trauma Informed Practice developments for health, social care, education, justice systems and the voluntary and community sectors in Northern Ireland (NI). The EITP aims to improve life chances and outcomes for children and young people in NI, embedding early intervention approaches. The EITP initiative is part of Delivering Social Change/Atlantic Philanthropies Signature Project, jointly funded by the NI Department of Health (DoH), Department of Justice (DoJ), the Department for Communities (DfC), Department for Environment (DfE), the Delivery Social Change Fund and Atlantic Philanthropies.