Please note before delivering this presentation

Your management board may ask you questions relating to the implications of the changes for YOT resources so you may want to consider the following

before delivering this presentation:

● Have you undertaken a scoping analysis of workload and requirement availability?

● Do the results show an overall potential increase / decrease in relation to national standard contacts?

● How do you wish to report these early results to the management board before introduction of the Scaled Approach and YRO?

● Given the current economic pressure upon local authority finances, is the management board likely to increase / decrease your resource allocation?

● If so, have you considered the following:

For increased contact demands

  Seeking increased resources Seeking a better fit between the YOT and other services (e.g. children’s services, youth services, Connexions, other partners) to address national standards required contact levels) including memorandum of understanding (MoU) / service level agreements (SLA) between agencies endorsed by the management board  Arranging for court to join Management Board if not already a partner

For reduced contact demand to offer

   Improving quality and content of assessment overall Improving quality of intervention contact Consideration of local targets to reduce reoffending 1

Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 and the Scaled Approach

Implementation date:

30 November 2009

Management board briefing

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Insert date

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Purpose of the presentation

To outline for management board members: ● The key aspects of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 ● The main provisions of the Youth Rehabilitation Order (YRO) ● The Scaled Approach and its implications for management board members 3

Key Aspects of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act

● Changes to the purposes of sentencing ● YRO ● Changes to Referral Orders ● Youth Conditional Caution ● Custody-related changes ● Anti-social behaviour, Youth Default Orders, Rehabilitation of Offenders Act updates 4

The YRO

● Simplifies juvenile sentencing structure ● Sentencing proposal tailored to individual risk and need ● A menu of interventions to tackle offending behaviour ● Provides robust community sentences ● Can be used on multiple occasions by adapting the “menu” 5

What does it replace?

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Action Plan Order Attendance Centre Order Community Punishment & Rehabilitation Order Community Punishment Order Community Rehabilitation Order Curfew Order Drug Treatment and Testing Order Supervision Order Exclusion Order

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YRO Requirements

1. Supervision Requirement 2. Programme Requirement 3. Activity Requirement 4. Attendance Centre Requirement 5. Curfew Requirement 6. Education Requirement 7. Residence Requirement (16/17 year olds only) 8. Local Authority Residence Requirement 9. Drug Treatment Requirement 10. Drug Testing Requirement (14 years old or over) 11. Mental Health Treatment Requirement 12. Intoxicating Substance Treatment Requirement 13. Exclusion Requirement 14. Prohibited Activity Requirement 15. Electronic Monitoring Requirement 16. Unpaid Work Requirement (16/17 year olds only) 17.

Intensive Fostering 18. Intensive Supervision and Surveillance

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Why a scaled approach?

● Audit Commission (2004) recommendation: 

‘YOTs should make better use of Asset to determine the amount as well as the nature of interventions with individuals using a scaled approach’

● Evidence says that interventions are more effective when:  the level and intensity of intervention is matched to an assessment of the risk of reoffending  it is focused on the risk factors associated with offending ● Mirrors the adult sector tiered framework of interventions ● The YRO requires a more

tailored and targeted

approach to the proposals made in court reports 8

The Scaled Approach

● Interventions designed to:  reduce the likelihood of reoffending    reduce the risk of serious harm to others support the new sentencing framework tailor intervention to individual risk and need ● The project also aimed to ensure a coherent relationship between:  (revised)

National Standards for Youth Justice Services

(‘must do’s)   

Key Elements of Effective Practice

(New) (‘what to do’)

Case Management Guidance

the Scaled Approach and YRO (‘how to’) 9

Minimum contacts for assessed intervention level

Intervention Level Intensive Enhanced Standard Contact per month for first 3 months Contact per month for rest of order 12 4 4 2 2 1

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Anticipated benefits

More efficient and effective allocation of YOT resources Fewer young people in custody Strengthened case management across the youth justice system Improved practice in assessment quality, pre-sentence reports and intervention planning Tailored interventions based on the young person’s risks and needs Reduced reoffending Reduced risk of serious harm Increased public confidence

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Lessons from YJB pilot sites

Strategic level

● Ownership at management board and senior management level is essential ● Multi-agency working is crucial to meet multiple needs services need to be closely involved – mainstream ● Close working with courts is essential to support the change

Operational level

● Good quality assessment is paramount, with performance management and quality assurance supporting this ● Degree of cultural change should not be underestimated brought along with this: ‘done with’ not ‘done to’ – staff need to be ● ● Higher risk requires higher contact levels to support menu of requirements YRO contacts need to be targeted and imaginative 12

Key Challenges

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Public Accounts Committee found for Adult Community Orders:

 Requirement options limited by availability/funding   Delayed starts impacting on completion Geographical variation including enforcement ●

For YOT and management board

 All YOT partners understand and support the complexity of YRO requirements and the Scaled Approach  Recognise that YOT will case manage orders but expect partners to support contact activity  Seek regular Scaled Approach and YRO performance management reports, consider and forward plan to ensure resources match need 13

Timeline of activities Activity

Steering group

Planned delivery date

For completion locally

Contact level forecasting Briefing to the local judiciary

For completion locally For completion locally

Briefing to other key local partners

For completion locally

Staff training

For completion locally

Adaptation to YOT quality assurance processes

For completion locally 14