Working with Young People

Training Event for YOS and Probation Staff in Oxon

Training outcomes

• To understand each others service and systems

• To understand the importance and advantages of transferring and sharing information

• To increase understanding of how to engage with young people

Agency ResponsibilitiesAge RangeAge Range

Probation

• 18+

Youth Offending Service

• 10 years to 18 – post conviction (18+ if subject to DTO)

• 8 years – 15 years for prevention services

Agency ResponsibilitiesYOS Sentencing FrameworkYOS Sentencing Framework

(old)

Agency ResponsibilitiesYOS Sentencing FrameworkYOS Sentencing Framework

Agency ResponsibilitiesAdult Sentencing FrameworkAdult Sentencing Framework

Agency ResponsibilitiesMAPPA/MARACMAPPA/MARAC

YOS

• MAPPA - Duty to cooperate

• MARAC - Screen listings and return information

• Oxon Missing Children Panel - Attend

Probation

• MAPPA – Co-chair & Responsible Authority

• MARAC - Attend

• Oxon Missing Children Panel – Do not attend

Agency ResponsibilitiesOffender AssessmentOffender AssessmentYOS

• ASSET• ONSET

Probation

• OASys• SARA• Risk Matrix 2000

Youth Offending Service

• Multi-Agency team. Statutory involvement required from Police, Probation, Social Care, Education and Health

• YOS have – victim services, reparation co-ordinators, parenting workers, substance misuse workers, a mental health link worker (CAMHS), three half time pct nurses, education specialists, social workers, volunteers, connexions, restorative justice, bail support workers, intensive supervision and surveillance workers and access to mentoring and counselling, positive activities & youth work services.

Probation Service

• Single Agency• Probation have – victim services,

unpaid work, substance misuse team, programmes, a psychologist, ETE workers, restorative justice, court team, approved premises, PPO/IOM workers, Probation Officers, Probation Service Officers

• Probation work in partnership with statutory and voluntary services

Exercise 1 – National Standards

Get into mixed groups and compare the National

Standards for each agency

National Standards SimilaritiesSimilarities

• Breach after 2 unacceptable failures• Review/update OASys/Asset regularly

and in the event of a change in circumstances

• Prepare sentence plan within 15 days of sentence/release

• Tiered approach to levels of contact

National StandardsDifferencesDifferences

• YOS complete a Healthcare Assessment alongside the Sentence Plan

• YOS most intensive “tier” is 3 contacts a week for 12 weeks and then weekly thereafter.

• Probation most intensive “tier” is 4 contacts per week until further notice (PPOs).

• YOS review ASSET every 3 months• Probation review OASys every 4 months

Exercise 2 – Asset & OASys

Get into mixed groups and compare the Asset and OASys

for the DD-V case study

What does a YOS file contain?

Exercise 3 Q&A?

Get into mixed groups and discuss why you have previously not

asked for/not offered this information

Case Transfer Policy

• It is 44 pages long!

• YOT case managers should inform TVP at least three months prior to the anticipated transfer date

• All cases being transferred must include at least one three way meeting between the transferring YOT case manager, receiving TVP offender manager and the young person.

• At the point of transfer documents/information must be sent to TVP

Case Transfer Policy

• Upon notification from the YOT, TVP will allocate the case prior to the formal transfer, to allow the new supervising officer to attend any relevant meetings and liaise with the YOT Officer.

• In all appropriate cases TVP staff should be invited to any reviews, MAPPA meetings, Child in Care Reviews and professional meetings etc during the 3 month period leading up to transfer.

• Where the young person is LAC or a Care Leaver, the allocated social worker must be invited to all meeting between YOT & TVP.

Exercise 4 – Good Practice in Case Transfer

Get into mixed groups and devise an “Action Plan” for

improving case transfer

Increasing Engagement of Young People

What are YOU going to do differently in future?

Answers on a postcard......................