Issue details

The Deputy Mayor and Executive Member for Education and Culture submitted a report for Executive’s consideration.

The report was for Executive’s attention and noting and would seek approval of Full Council in accordance with Regulation 4 of the ‘Local Authorities (Functions and Responsibilities) (England) Regulations 2000’.

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) had issued a framework which Youth Justice Services must use when designing their plans which was detailed in the YJB document, “Youth Justice Plans: guidance for youth justice services.” This would assist the YJB to gather the information and data contained within the plan to support their oversight of services, offering more consistency of structure and content. This document allowed for the Youth Justice Service to present the plan covering all key areas of the work of the service, affording the Youth Justice Service the opportunity to highlight achievements over the past year, challenges faced by the service in the delivery of services and to offer the scope for new priorities for the coming year.

Youth Justice Services Management Boards should govern and own the process of producing the local youth justice plan; it was their opportunity to collectively shape the direction of the delivery of youth justice so that it best met the needs of the locality, children, families, victims and communities. Opportunities for wider participation, significantly where children and their families can themselves shape and influence the delivery of your service, are also strongly encouraged. South Tees Youth Justice Service Management Board had overseen the production of this plan and approved its content. The plan would be governed by the South Tees Youth Justice Service Management Board which met on a quarterly basis. The South Tees Youth Justice Board Regional Advisor was a member of the South Tees Youth Justice Service Management Board and therefore had oversight of the progress against priority areas.