Youth justice

All of the agencies involved in the criminal justice system have an important role in helping young people achieve the five Every Child Matters outcomes. Local change for children programmes will follow the multi-disciplinary approach already adopted by the criminal justice system in areas such as youth offending teams (Yots).

Developments in which the youth justice workforce will be particularly involved include:

Statutory children and young people's plans (CYPPs) setting out how joined-up services will be provided (youth justice plans will remain a separate statutory requirement). These will be mandatory from April 2006
Local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs), the statutory successors to non-statutory area child protection committees (ACPCs)
Databases of children in each local authority area, containing information relevant to their welfare. This will have far-reaching implications for all of the agencies within the Criminal Justice System

All qualifications within the Youth Justice National Qualifications Framework will address the six Common Core competencies applicable to everyone working with children, young people and their families.

Documents

Interim findings from the research study into the developing relationship between youth offending teams and children's trusts (2006)

Every Child Matters: Change for Children in the Criminal Justice System (2004)