Youth Justice Board Initiatives for Preventing Youth Offending: Past Achievements and Future Directions

1. YJB Practice and Performance Directorate Neighbourhood Renewal and Youth Crime

2. where have we come from? Audit Commission report 1996 “ efforts to prevent offending and other anti-social behaviour by young people need to be coordinated between the different agencies involved; they should also be targeted on deprived areas with high crime rates, and piloted and evaluated” Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

3. 250000 200000 150000 100000 50000 0 Young People at Risk and Central Government Spend on Youth Justice Numbers YJB spend (£000) Reprimand/ warned Community sentence At risk Secure Facilities Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

4. Targeted services Early identification of risk factors Intervention at pre-delinquency stage Whole family approach Community based YJB Strategy Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

5. what have we achieved? • YJB crime prevention strategy: • Youth Inclusion and Support Panels • Youth Inclusion Programmes • SPLASH/PAYP • Safer Schools Partnerships • Parenting • Restorative Justice and work with victims • FGC/Yisp Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

6. Parenting Target: Deliver 11,000 parenting interventions by March 2006 • June 2002 5500 • 2004/05 8020 • 2005/06 7893 in first 3 quarters • 3rd quarter 2005/06 3002 Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

7. what have we achieved?practice and performance • effective practice notes & management guidance • quality assurance systems & self-assessment/benchmarking tools • monitoring • help and support- consultancy and regional structure • strong research and evaluation base • positive and measurable outcomes for young people and communities Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

8. what have we achieved?effective partnerships • Cross –Government Working: Department for Education and Skills (DfES) Home Office ODPM Dept for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) • Regional working – Government Offices/Children’s Fund • Working with professional bodies e.g. ACPO (Information Sharing/Safer School Partnerships) • Working with the voluntary sector (through consultancy, strategically and through delivery) Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

9. Audit Commission 2004 “targeted and well-managed early intervention programmes can be effective if they are properly co-ordinated both nationally and locally, such as those managed by Yots” Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

10. The Prevention Context • 2000 – 2004: YJB Prevention Funding for YIPs and Splash; Children’s Fund 25%; PAYP • 2004: Spending Review announcement of funding for 50% more YIPs and YISPs by 2008 • 2005: Budget 2005 announces extra £25m for prevention over the period 2006-08 Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

11. Prevention Funding for Yots • Using existing YIP funding, Spending Review and Budget settlements, each Yot has been given a prevention allocation for 2006-08. • All have submitted plans and almost all have now been approved • 40 New YIPs, as well as new Parenting programmes, YISPs and SSPs Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

12. Key messages of new prevention funding • Prevention must be considered part of core Yot business • Management information returns and support must be at a Yot level • Freedoms and flexibilities • Local partnerships with Children’s Services/CDRPs Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

13. Fast Moving Policy Agenda • Every Child Matters – Children’s Trusts • RESPECT/ASB • POPOS • Local Area Agreements (LAAs) • Youth Green Paper – Lead Professional etc • Common Assessment Framework • Neighbourhood Policing • Further public service reforms Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

14. Growing Preventive Provision Youth Justice Board for England and Wales