Youth Justice Case Studies
Case study: Youth Justice North East Project (in partnership with the Stockton and Hartlepool Youth Offender Services)
The challenge
To deliver restorative models of work which prevent re-offending while remaining child-centred.
The solution
Youth Justice North East works with young offenders aged 10 to 17 and provides innovative victim-offender mediation. The project enables young offenders and victims to communicate their needs, and provides a unique opportunity for offenders to have a deeper understanding of the impact of their offence.
The results
Over 90% of participants expressed satisfaction with the service and 97% of victims said they would recommend taking part in mediations. In a 12-month random sample, 80% of young offenders who took part in face-to-face mediation had not re-offended. 'Youth Justice North East offers a restorative service that we can trust and rely on.' Head of Service, Hartlepool Youth Offender Service
Case study: Solihull Youth Inclusion Support Panel (YISP)
The challenge
To tackle a range of offending risk factors for eight to 13 year olds, including school attendance and wider disengagement from education.
The solution
Solihull YISP undertakes specialist assessments covering: thinking and behaviour, self and others, problems in the neighbourhood, substance misuse, physical and emotional health, and family relationships. It collaborates with the police under the Safe Schools initiative and arranges packages of out-of-school activities.
The results
Solihull's experience demonstrates how panel work can tackle the individual needs of young people in trouble with the law more completely than a single agency could. Education issues have been resolved as much as a whole academic year earlier than in cases dealt with outside this framework. Speedier handling saves the local authority time and resources.
Case study: West Sussex Participation, Advocacy and Rights (PAR)
The challenge
Providing advocacy for looked after children and care leavers.
The solution
West Sussex PAR has substantial experience in providing advocacy, with a high level of understanding of looked after children's needs and difficulties. It has developed one of the largest Independent Visitor Schemes in the country for looked after children and provides training, support and supervision for 22 volunteers who act as befrienders to children and young people in the care system. It has also developed a comprehensive participation service that enables looked after children and young people to have significant influence over the planning and development of the services they use.
The results
The project has recently launched a specialist advocacy service for looked after children in trouble with the law and, in partnership with the local authority's Community Safety Department, is starting to pilot a young runaways' support service in four private children's homes
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