HM Inspectorate of Probation thematic report Desistance and young people (September 2017)
Summary:
This thematic report details the results of the thematic inspection to assess the effectiveness of practice of YOTs across eight domains significant in supporting children’s journey away from offending.
Description:
HM Inspectorate of Probation thematic report Desistance and young people is the result of a thematic inspection to assess the effectiveness of practice in YOTs across eight domains which desistance research has highlighted as being significant in supporting children- journeys away from offending.
The eight domains are not necessarily mutually exclusive. They are:
- building professional relationships, effective engagement and re-engagement, evidence of genuine collaborative working
- evidence of engagement with wider social contexts, especially the family, but also peers, schools, colleges, work etc.
- the active management of diversity needs
- effectiveness in addressing key ‘structural barriers’ (exclusion from education, training or employment, lack of participation, lack of resources, substance misuse deficits, insufficiency of mental health services
- creation of opportunities for change, participation and community integration
- motivating children and young people
- addressing children and young people- sense of identity and self-worth
- constructive use of restorative approaches.
Key findings and recommendations are presented in the report.
Probation thematic report Desistance and young people is the result of a thematic inspection to assess the effectiveness of practice in YOTs across eight domains which desistance research has highlighted as being significant in supporting children- journeys away from offending.
The eight domains are not necessarily mutually exclusive. They are:
- building professional relationships, effective engagement and re-engagement, evidence of genuine collaborative working
- evidence of engagement with wider social contexts, especially the family, but also peers, schools, colleges, work etc.
- the active management of diversity needs
- effectiveness in addressing key ‘structural barriers’ (exclusion from education, training or employment, lack of participation, lack of resources, substance misuse deficits, insufficiency of mental health services
- creation of opportunities for change, participation and community integration
- motivating children and young people
- addressing children and young people- sense of identity and self-worth
- constructive use of restorative approaches.
Key findings and recommendations are presented in the report.