Speakers
Network Session
The ICPA Juvenile Network Forum brings together professionals from across the global youth justice and custodial sectors to strengthen collaboration, share expertise, and identify opportunities to improve outcomes for children and young people. This session will provide members with an opportunity to reflect on network achievements, discuss emerging priorities, and shape the future direction of the Juvenile Network through open discussion and knowledge exchange.
Key Themes
Growing Our Global Network
Expanding membership and increasing representation from new countries and regions to strengthen international collaboration and learning.
Sharing Best Practice and Research
Creating opportunities for members to exchange operational experiences, innovative practice, research findings, and lessons learned across different jurisdictions.
Future Priorities and Collaboration
Identifying common challenges, developing areas of joint interest, and agreeing practical ways for members to work.
My name is Lee Manning and I am the Head of Operational Contract Management for the Youth Custody Service in the United Kingdom. I am responsible for overseeing Secure Children's Homes, a Secure Training Centre, Education in Youth Offending Institutions, Children's Rights and Advocacy and a number of other contracted provisions.
I have 14 years of experience across His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service working as a Juvenile Prison Officer at the very start of my career, moving through the adult male and female estate in a number of roles and then managing private probation contracts and working in our approved premise estate for high risk offenders.