Transcript Bob Ashford Head of Prevention

YJB Practice and Performance Directorate
Neighbourhood Renewal and Youth Crime
where have we come from?
Audit Commission report 1996
“ efforts to prevent offending and other anti-social
behaviour by young people need to be
coordinated between the different agencies
involved; they should also be targeted on deprived
areas with high crime rates, and piloted and
evaluated”
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Young People at Risk and
Central Government Spend on Youth Justice
250000
200000
150000
Numbers
100000
YJB spend
(£000)
50000
0
At risk
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Reprimand/
warned
Community Secure Facilities
sentence
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YJB Strategy
 Targeted services
 Early identification of risk factors
 Intervention at pre-delinquency stage
 Whole family approach
 Community based
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what have we achieved?
 YJB crime prevention strategy:
 Youth Inclusion and Support Panels
 Youth Inclusion Programmes
 SPLASH/PAYP
 Safer Schools Partnerships
 Parenting
 Restorative Justice and work with victims
 FGC/Yisp
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Parenting Target: Deliver 11,000
parenting interventions by March 2006
 June 2002 5500
 2004/05 8020
 2005/06 7893 in first 3 quarters
 3rd quarter 2005/06 3002
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what have we achieved?
practice and performance
 effective practice notes & management guidance
 quality assurance systems & selfassessment/benchmarking tools
 monitoring
 help and support- consultancy and regional
structure
 strong research and evaluation base
 positive and measurable outcomes for young
people and communities
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what have we achieved?
effective partnerships
 Cross –Government Working:
Department for Education and Skills (DfES)
Home Office ODPM
Dept for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS)
 Regional working – Government
Offices/Children’s Fund
 Working with professional bodies e.g. ACPO
(Information Sharing/Safer School Partnerships)
 Working with the voluntary sector (through
consultancy, strategically and through delivery)
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Audit Commission 2004
“targeted and well-managed early intervention
programmes can be effective if they are properly
co-ordinated both nationally and locally, such as
those managed by Yots”
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The Prevention Context
 2000 – 2004: YJB Prevention Funding for YIPs
and Splash; Children’s Fund 25%; PAYP
 2004: Spending Review announcement of funding
for 50% more YIPs and YISPs by 2008
 2005: Budget 2005 announces extra £25m for
prevention over the period 2006-08
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Prevention Funding for Yots
 Using existing YIP funding, Spending Review and
Budget settlements, each Yot has been given a
prevention allocation for 2006-08.
 All have submitted plans and almost all have now
been approved
 40 New YIPs, as well as new Parenting
programmes, YISPs and SSPs
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Key messages of new prevention
funding
 Prevention must be considered part of core Yot
business
 Management information returns and support
must be at a Yot level
 Freedoms and flexibilities
 Local partnerships with Children’s
Services/CDRPs
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Fast Moving Policy Agenda
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Every Child Matters – Children’s Trusts
RESPECT/ASB
POPOS
Local Area Agreements (LAAs)
Youth Green Paper – Lead Professional etc
Common Assessment Framework
Neighbourhood Policing
Further public service reforms
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Growing Preventive Provision
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