Youth Justice Plan 2007 to 2008
ACTION PLAN
PREVENT OFFENDING
TARGET: Reduce the number of first time entrants to the Youth Justice System by 5% by March 2008, compared to the 2005/6 baseline
Context
In order to ensure that Prevention Services are fully integrated with Community Safety and Children and Young People’s agendas, the YOS Prevention Strategy is aligned with the Local Area Agreement, the National Respect Action Plan, Leicestershire County Council Community Safety Plan, the Children and Young People’s Plan, and Every Child Matters outcomes. The Prevention Strategy is overseen by the YOSMB through bi-annual reports. The delivery of prevention activity is supported by the Children and Young People’s Service (Education Welfare, Student Support Service, Social Care Teams and Youth Service), Police, District Councils, Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships and the Voluntary Sector (Charnwood Arts and the Centre for Fun and Families).
Prevention Key Performance Targets
- Reduce the number of FTEs to the Youth Justice System by 5% by March 2008 compared to the 2005/6 baseline
Leicestershire Local Area Agreement: Safer Communities and Children and Young People’s shared targets
- To reduce the number of FTEs to the Criminal Justice System by 2% by March 2007
- To increase the percentage of young people prevented from further offending after a reprimand by 6% by March 2009.
Rutland LAA targets
- Reduce the average ONSET score of those young people identified as in need of anti-social behaviour related intervention and those young people at risk of offending by 25% compared with a baseline of 23.7%.
- Reduce the number of first time entrants to the Youth Justice system by 1 young person per year compared with the 2005/06 baseline of 35.
Achievements in 2006/7
- On target to achieve the necessary reduction in FTEs to meet both the YJB’s KPI and the LAA targets.
- Achieved a Prevention EPQA level three score (the highest level) and an excellent YJB report.
- Created a Prevention Team within the YOS out of the new YJB funding for 2006/07 and 2007/08.
- Implemented the Prevention Strategy in line with YJB requirements.
- Improved communication with CDRPs through quarterly reports and annual presentations on YOS activities.
- Set up the reprimand project to prevent young people on reprimands from re-offending, including the roll out of YISP Plus to provide targeted activities aimed at young people on reprimands.
- Successfully developed the joint action plan with the Police to reduce FTEs, resulting in a new police disposal to keep young people out of the Criminal Justice System.
- Implemented a multi-agency tiered approach to managing anti-social behaviour and ensuring appropriate use of legislation across Leicestershire and Rutland.
- Initiated the multi-agency Youth Crime Prevention Sub Group chaired by the Prevention Manager, to co-ordinate youth crime prevention activities across Leicestershire and Rutland.
Focus for 2007/8
- Achieve YJB and LAA Prevention Performance targets.
- Implement the Prevention Strategy
- Deliver parenting interventions as outlined in the parenting section of this plan.
- Implement EPQA improvement actions to ensure excellent practice.
- Set up systems to demonstrate the impact of prevention work across Leicestershire and Rutland.
- Plan for any changes to national prevention arrangements from 2008.
- Develop systems to support the joint YOS/Police Action plan to reduce the numbers of FTEs
Data:
| Performance Indicator: 06/07 April – December actual and % against target |
FTE 2006/7 2% reduction target to 1259 (Local Target) FTE Year to date 874 April to December FTE % against target 68% April to December |
| Performance Indicator: 07/08 target | FTE 2007/8 5% reduction target to 1221 |
Page Last Updated: 1 June 2007
