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This section contains links to relevant youth justice legislation and operational guidance to support operational delivery of youth justice services.
The aim of this section it to provide a place for operational staff to access links to legislation and other official guidance that can support working with children, families, victims and key partners.
If you would like to submit guidance or tell us of regularly used legislation that is relevant to supporting operational delivery of youth justice services to the Youth Justice Resource Hub, please complete the submission form.
Summary: Westminster youth justice service have shared their guidance and advice booklet and short leaflet created for parents to support understanding and having positive conversations with their child around serious violence, knife crime and gangs. Description: Westminster youth justice service have developed advice and guidance to parents and carers about serious youth violence, knife crime and gangs which aims…
Summary: Lambeth youth justice service have shared their BRIGHT future programme, which aims to increase literacy in children both in the community and in custody. Description: Lambeth youth justice service have shared their increasing the literacy to inspire BRIGHT future programme pathway. The programme is aimed at all children and families in the community and children in custody and…
Summary: Tower Hamlets and City of London youth justice service have shared their quality assurance process. Description: Tower Hamlets & City of London have shared their quality assurance framework and Operational Guide to Audit Programme, alongside their case audit template and out of court audit template, which was developed and enhanced throughout 2022/2023. Tower Hamlets & City of London youth…
Summary: Youth Justice: Quality of Advocacy Working Group have published a short guidance for magistrates or District Judges on how to determine applications for certificate for assigned advocate in youth court. Description: Youth Justice: Quality of Advocacy Working Group have published good practice guidance on Certificates for Assigned Advocates in the youth court, supported and endorsed by Chief Magistrate,…
Summary: There is no requirement for Youth Justice Services to produce maps, the minimum requirement is a good written descriptor of the zone on the court order/licence, as the EM service provider will then create the map using their mapping software so that monitoring can begin. However, using Mapmaker to draw zones can be useful and certainly regarded as an area…
Summary: How to Order Electronic Monitoring Information Leaflets for Tag Wearers. Description: A set of leaflets are available to support new tag wearers in understanding what wearing an electronically monitored tag entails. There are leaflets for specific tag types: Radio Frequency Curfew Tag GPS Location Monitoring Tag Alcohol Monitoring Tag There is also a leaflet that can be provided…
Summary: The Association of Chief Police Officers Child Gravity Matrix is used by the Police to determine whether children should be considered for an out of court disposal. Description: The ACPO Child Gravity Matrix provides most offences with a score of 1, 2, 3 or 4 depending on their seriousness. The score may be raised or lowered by one level according…
Summary: Youth Justice partners have worked together to improve remand processes and outcomes in the year since the MoJ’s Remand Review was published. We’ve seen some encouraging progress reflected in the annual statistics, however there is still much to do. Notable amongst the Review’s recommendations were the tighter remand tests, which are now in law, and an HMI Probation, HMI Prisons…
Summary: Access to the Department for Education guide to the supported accommodation regulations including quality standards published in March 2023. Description: The Department for Education has published; guide to the supported accommodation regulations including quality standards (March 2023). Supported accommodation provides accommodation with support for 16- and 17-year-old looked after children and care leavers, to enable them to live semi-independently.…
Summary: Overview and link to the serious incident notifications standard operating procedures and serious incident reporting form. Description: The Serious Incidents Notification - Standard Operating Procedures for Youth Offending Teams sets out what staff working in the youth justice system are invited to do in order to report information to the YJB if a child is involved in one…
Summary: The Ministry of Justice has produced guidance documents for youth justice services on the Youth Rehabilitation Orders with Intensive Supervision and Surveillance (YRO ISS) Pilot. Description: The YRO ISS Pilot is due to launch from 3rd July 2023 across youth justice services in Wales, London, North East and West Midlands. The Ministry of Justice have made available a YRO…
Summary: Access to the practice advice guidance for youth justice services to support the management of children at risk of engaging with or involved in terrorist-related activity. Description: The Youth Justice Board has published the management of children at risk of engaging with or involvement in terrorist-related activity practice advice (April 2023). This practice advice has been designed…