Local delivery of the Youth Rehabilitation Order (YRO)

Implementation date: 30 November 2009

Local partnership arrangements

The Youth Rehabilitation Order

● Designed to combine existing community sentences into one generic sentence – the YRO

● Will enable sentencers to tailor sentences to individual risk and needs

● Provides menu of interventions to tackle offending behaviour that can be returned to on multiple occasions adapting the menu to minimise the use of custody

● Length dependent upon what requirements are imposed but cannot be longer than three years

The 18 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

Custody Threshold

What does this mean for YOTs and partners?

Together we will need to:

● Review current provision

● Clarify whether there are likely to be additional resource

requirements under the new arrangements

● Review whether any additional work needs to undertaken to ensure

provision is available for example:

Service level protocols

Memorandums of understanding

Joint training

Activity Requirement

Nature of the Requirement:

● Must participate in activities on the number of days specified in the order (including residential activity for no longer than seven days)

● The intention of the legislation is for specific reparation type activities to be included as part of this requirement

Likely resource requirements:

● Please enter projected numbers of young people who may receive this Requirement (if relevant)

Local considerations:

● What range of provision do we currently provide (in particular reparation)?

● Is this adequate based on the projected use of this Requirement?

● What additional resources do we need to provide?

● How can we improve the service we collectively provide?

● What do we need to do to clarify the relationship between our services?

Who should this slide be delivered to?Any service that the YOT uses to deliver specific activities with young people (e.g. the Prince’s Trust)

Unpaid Work Requirement

Nature of the Requirement:

● Must perform unpaid work for 16 and 17 years for between 40 – 240 hours within a 12 month period

● Probation will continue to provide this service as it currently does

Likely resource requirements:

● Please enter projected numbers of young people who may receive this Requirement (if relevant)

Local considerations:

● Is current provision adequate based on the projected use of this Requirement?

● What additional resources do we need to provide?

● How can we improve the service we collectively provide?

● What do we need to do to clarify the relationship between our services?

● How will we manage enforcement and compliance issues?

Who should this slide be delivered to?• Probation service

Prohibited Activity Requirement

Nature of the Requirement:

● Must not undertake a given activity on the day(s) or period specified in the Order

Likely resource requirements:

● Please enter projected numbers of young people who may receive this Requirement (if relevant)

Local considerations:

● What role will the partner play in delivering this Requirement?

● Is current provision adequate based on the projected use of this Requirement?

● What additional resources do we need to provide?

● How can we improve the service we collectively provide?

● What do we need to do to clarify the relationship between our services?

● How will we manage enforcement and compliance issues?

Who should this slide be delivered to?• LCJBs, police, any other relevant local services

Exclusion Requirement

Nature of the Requirement:

● Must not enter a specified place for a specified period

Likely resource requirements:

● Please enter projected numbers of young people who may receive this Requirement (if relevant)

Local considerations:

● What role will the partner play in delivering this Requirement?

● Is current provision adequate based on the projected use of this Requirement?

● What additional resources do we need to provide?

● How can we improve the service we collectively provide?

● What do we need to do to clarify the relationship between our services?

● How will we manage enforcement and compliance issues (for example the need to report any breaches to the YOT within one working day).

● What is the collective view of how this requirement applies to young people who are part of the Deter Young Offenders group?

Who should this slide be delivered to?• LCJBs, police, any other relevant local authority services

Attendance Centre Requirement

Nature of the Requirement:

● The child or young person must attend an attendance centre as specified in their Order for the number of hours specified

Likely resource requirements:

● Please enter projected numbers of young people who may receive this Requirement (if relevant)

Local considerations:

● Is current provision adequate based on the projected use of this Requirement?

● What additional resources do we need to provide?

● How can we improve the service we collectively provide?

● What do we need to do to clarify the relationship between our services?

● How will we manage enforcement and compliance issue?

Who should this slide be delivered to?• Attendance centre managers

Curfew Requirement

Nature of the Requirement:

● Must remain for the periods specified in the order at a specified place

Likely resource requirements:

● Please enter projected numbers of young people who may receive this Requirement (if relevant)

Local considerations:

● Is current provision adequate based on the projected use of this requirement?

● What additional resources do we need to provide?

● How can we improve the service we collectively provide?

● What do we need to do to clarify the relationship between our services?

● How will we manage enforcement and compliance issue (including managing stand-alone Curfew Requirements)?

Who should this slide be delivered to?• Police, any other local services with a role in monitoring compliance

Electronic Monitoring Requirement

Nature of the Requirement:

● Must be electronically monitored to ensure compliance with other Requirements imposed by the Order or determined by the responsible officer in accordance with the Order

Likely resource requirements:

● Please enter projected numbers of young people who may receive this Requirement (if relevant)

Local considerations:

● Is current provision adequate based on the projected use of this Requirement?

● What additional resources do we need to provide?

● How can we improve the service we collectively provide?

● What do we need to do to clarify the relationship between our services?

● How will we manage enforcement and compliance issue (including managing stand-alone curfew requirements)?

Who should this slide be delivered to?• Police, electronic monitoring providers

Education Requirement

Nature of the Requirement:

● Must comply with approved education arrangements made by the parents/carers or local authority

Likely resource requirements:

● Please enter projected numbers of young people who may receive this

Requirement (if relevant)

Local considerations

● Is current provision adequate based on the projected use of this

requirement?

● What additional resources do we need to provide?

● How can we improve the service we collectively provide?

● What do we need to do to clarify the relationship between our services?

● How will we manage enforcement and compliance issues?

Who should this slide be delivered to?• Local authority education departments

Residence Requirement

Nature of the Requirement:

● Must reside either with an individual specified in the Order or at a place specified in the Order

Likely resource requirements:

● Please enter projected numbers of young people who may receive this

Requirement (if relevant)

Local considerations:

● Is current provision adequate based on the projected use of this

Requirement?

● What additional resources do we need to provide?

● How can we improve the service we collectively provide?

● What do we need to do to clarify the relationship between our services?

● How will we manage enforcement and compliance issues?

Who should this slide be delivered to?• Accommodation providers, parents and families, other relevant adults

Local Authority Residence Requirement

Nature of the Requirement:

● Must reside in accommodation provided on or behalf of the local authority specified in the Order

Likely resource requirements:

● Please enter projected numbers of young people who may receive this

Requirement (if relevant)

Local considerations:

● Is current provision adequate based on the projected use of this

Requirement?

● What additional resources do we need to provide?

● How can we improve the service we collectively provide?

● What do we need to do to clarify the relationship between our services?

● How will we manage enforcement and compliance issues?

Who should this slide be delivered to?• Local authority, children’s services, parents and guardians

Mental Health Treatment Requirement

Nature of the Requirement:

● Must submit, during the periods specified in the Order, to treatment by or under the direction of a registered medical practitioner or a chartered psychologist with a view to improving the young person’s mental condition

Likely resource requirements:

● Please enter projected numbers of young people who may receive this Requirement

(if relevant)

Local considerations:

● Is current provision adequate based on the projected use of this

Requirement?

● What additional resources do we need to provide?

● How can we improve the service we collectively provide?

● What do we need to do to clarify the relationship between our services?

● How will we manage enforcement and compliance issues?

Who should this slide be delivered to?• CAMHS, YOT mental health workers, parents and guardians

Drug Treatment Requirement

Nature of the Requirement:

● Must submit to treatment by a qualified person to reduce or eliminate the child or young person‘s dependency on or propensity to misuse drugs (i.e. illegal substances)

Likely resource requirements:

● Please enter projected numbers of young people who may receive this

Requirement (if relevant)

Local considerations:

● Is current provision adequate based on the projected use of this

Requirement?

● What additional resources do we need to provide?

● How can we improve the service we collectively provide?

● What do we need to do to clarify the relationship between our services?

● How will we manage enforcement and compliance issues?

Who should this slide be delivered to?• Drug and Alcohol Action Teams, YOT drugs workers

Drug Testing Requirement

Nature of the Requirement:

● Must provide samples for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is any drug in the child or young person’s body during any treatment period

Likely resource requirements:

● Please enter projected numbers of young people who may receive this

Requirement (if relevant)

Local considerations:

● Is current provision adequate based on the projected use of this

Requirement?

● What additional resources do we need to provide?

● How can we improve the service we collectively provide?

● What do we need to do to clarify the relationship between our services?

● How will we manage enforcement and compliance issues (including making

test results available to the responsible officer)?

Who should this slide be delivered to?• Drug and Alcohol Action Teams, YOT drugs workers

Intoxicating Substance Misuse Requirement

Nature of the Requirement:

● Must submit to treatment by a qualified person to reduce or eliminate the child or young person‘s dependency on or propensity to misuse intoxicating substances (i.e. alcohol or other substance that can be consumed or inhaled which is not a drug/illegal substance)

Likely resource requirements:

● Please enter projected numbers of young people who may receive this Requirement

(if relevant)

Local considerations:

● Is current provision adequate based on the projected use of this Requirement?

● What additional resources do we need to provide?

● How can we improve the service we collectively provide?

● What do we need to do to clarify the relationship between our services?

● How will we manage enforcement and compliance issues (including making testing

results available to the responsible officer)?

Who should this slide be delivered to?• Drug and Alcohol Action Teams, YOT drugs workers