Knife Crime and Gang Life Full Day Course

Course overview

This course is designed for anyone wanting to improve their skills and reach their potential as a practitioner. The course is fully interactive and prompts you to assess your own approach to supporting young people who are in care or education and other settings who may be at risk of child criminal exploitation, (CCE) or who are survivors of abuse and exploitation. The course covers key topics such as why young people carry weapons, highlights gang culture in the U.K. and it’s historical context, examines the law in the U.K. relating to knife crime and gang culture including subscribed groups, investigates links between media, brands and music with gang culture, supports practitioners to implement the 4 R’s, aims to increase awareness of risk factors and increase the confidence of those working with young people who are or have been involved in weapon carrying and knife crime. The course also includes a downloadable PDF workbook that you can fill in as you complete the training, so that you can develop your skills as a leader or manager and get the most out of the course content.

Aims and objectives

• Describe the reasons why Young People carry knives
• Highlight the Gang culture in the UK
• Recognise and recall legislation related to Knife Crime and Gang Culture
• Investigate the links to the media, music and brands
• Understand the associated theory (The 4 R’s) and implement it into practice
• Recognise the risk factors presented by Young People and put protective factors in place
• Confidence to support young people that are involved in Knife Crime