SHiFT is a movement that exists to break the destructive cycle of children and young people caught up in, or at risk of, crime.

SHiFT is scaling high impact ‘insider-outsider’ Practices across the UK.

SHiFT Practices are multidisciplinary teams that work with children and young people up to the age of 25 who are causing and experiencing harm and for whom things are getting worse, not better – young people who would benefit most from an intensive, therapeutic relationship.

SHiFT Practices are supported by a national SHiFT team. Together, we are demonstrating that

Public services can work differently with children and young people at highest risk of crime;
By working in this way, secure better outcomes for children and public safety and save money.
 

Through practice and evidence of its impacts, we seek to influence policy and practice locally, regionally, and nationally so that ‘the SHiFT way’ becomes business as usual for all services working with children caught up in, or at risk of, crime.