Youth Justice Plan 2007 to 2008

Appendix B - Performance Measures

Performance Indicators

In the table below, please provide historical data against the performance indicators associated with the themes.

Theme and measure	2005/06 outturn	2006/07 Apr-Dec Outturn	2007/08 Target
Prevent offending (target since 05/06): Reduce the number of first time entrants to the Youth Justice System by 5% by March 2008, compared to the 2005/6 baseline, by identifying children and young people at risk of offending or involvement in anti-social behaviour through a YISP or other evidence-based targeted means of intervention designed to reduce those risks and strengthen protective factors as demonstrated by using ONSET or other effective means of assessment and monitoring	1285	874	1221
Intervene early: Ensure that 100% of young people on a final warning are supported by an intervention if: - their Asset score is greater or equal to 12, or - there are any concerns of risk of serious harm to others, or - their score is less than 12 but any sections score 4	91.4%	96.3%	100%
Reduce re-offending: Achieve a reduction in re-offending rates by 5% in 2007/8, when compared with the 2002-03 re-offending cohort, with respect to each of the following four populations:	Oct-Dec 2002 cohort - % reoffending after 12 months:	Oct-Dec 2005 cohort - % reoffending after 12 months (if available):	Oct-Dec 2006 cohort - % reoffending after 12 months:
Pre-court	18.4%	22.5%	Reduction of 5%
First tier penalties	46.9%	40.3%	Reduction of 5%
Community penalties	68.9%	66.2%	Reduction of 5%
Custody	100%	66.6%	Reduction of 5%
Reduce the use of custody (secure remands) (new target): Reduce the use of the secure estate for remands to 9% of the total number of remand episodes, excluding unconditional bail.			9%
Reduce the use of custody (secure remands) (old target): Reduce the number of remands to the secure estate (as a proportion of all remand episodes excluding conditional / unconditional bail) to 30%	32.4%	34.8%
Reduce the use of custody (custodial sentences): Reduce the number of custodial sentences as proportion of all court disposals to 5%	3.1%	3.5%	5%
DTO training Plans Ensure that all initial training plans for DTOs are drawn up within 10 working days of sentences being passed	73.5%	95.5%	100%
Support young people engaging in education, training and employment: Ensure that 90% of young offenders who are supervised by the YOTs are in suitable full-time education, training or employment	74.6%	78.3%	90%
Support access to appropriate accommodation: Ensure that all YOTs have a named accommodation officer and that all young people completing community interventions or on release from the secure estate have suitable accommodation to go to	96.1%	97.3%	100%
Support access to mental health services: Ensure that all young people who are assessed by ASSET or the Mental Health Assessment Framework as manifesting acute mental health difficulties are referred by YOTs to the CAMHS for a formal assessment commencing within five working days of the receipt of the referral, with a view to their accessing a tier 3 or other appropriate CAMHS tier service based on this assessment	100%	100%	100%
Ensure that all young people who are assessed by ASSET or the Mental Health Assessment Framework as manifesting non-acute mental health concerns are referred by the YOT for an assessment and engagement by the appropriate CAMHS tier 1-3 service commenced within 15 working days of referral.	100%	100%	100%
Support access to substance misuse services: Ensure that all young people are screened for substance misuse	100%	100%	100%
Ensure that all young people identified with needs receive appropriate specialist assessment within 5 working days of referral, following screening	85.1%	91.3%	100%
Ensure that all young people access the early intervention and treatment services they require within 10 working days of assessment	100%	98.6%	100%
Provide effective restorative justice services: (new target): Ensure that victims participate in restorative processes in 25% of relevant disposals referred to the YOT			25%
Ensure that 85% of victims participating are satisfied			85%
Provide effective restorative justice services (old target) Ensure that 75% of victims of youth crime referred to YOTs are offered the opportunity to participate in a restorative process	99.4%	100%
Ensure that 75% of victims participating are satisfied	100%	100%
Support parenting interventions (new target): Ensure that 20% of young people with a final warning supported by intervention, a relevant community based penalty or DTO, their parent/carer(s) receive a parenting intervention.			20%
Ensure that 20% of the young people on prevention programmes, their parent/carer(s) receive a parenting intervention			20%
Support parenting interventions (old target): Ensure that 10% of young people with a final warning supported by intervention or a community disposal receive a parenting intervention	22.2%	18.8%
Ensure that 75 % of parents participating in a parenting intervention are satisfied	99.3%	97%
Ensure equal treatment regardless of race: All YOTs should implement their action plan to ensure that any difference between the ethnic composition of offenders on all pre-court and post-court disposals and the ethnic composition of the local community is reduced year on year

EPQA

Theme and measure	Initial score	Predicted score	Actual score
Prevention: post 07
Early intervention: Final warning interventions	2	2	2
Intensive supervision: ISSP post 07
Managing demand for custody: Remand management 05-07 or 06-08	1	2	3 (Provisional)
Swift administration of justice: post 07
Restorative justice and victims: post 07
Race (n/a)
Recidivism (n/a)
Assessment, planning interventions and supervision	1	2	2
Education, training and employment	2	2	2
Substance misuse: 05-07 or 06-08	3	3
Mental health: 05-07 or 06-08	3	3
Accommodation (n/a)
Resettlement	1	2	3 (Provisional)
Parenting	1	2	2

Youth Justice Plan 2007 to 2008

Appendix B - Performance Measures

Performance Indicators

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