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Legislation and guidance documents
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: 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…
Summary: Access to guidance produced by the Home Office for professionals working with children (and adults) to help ensure that effective support is available to victims of forced marriage. Description: The Home Office has published 'Guidance: Forced Marriage Resource Pack' (February 2023), which is an in-depth resource designed to highlight examples of best practice and to help ensure…
Summary: Access to the case management guidance for youth justice services working with children. Description: The Youth Justice Board published the case management guidance (2022). The guidance is intended to provide youth justice services with information, implications of legislation and practical advice on how to work with children and young people in the youth justice system. The Guidance…
Summary: Access to the guidance produced by the Home Office in regard to county lines and child criminal exploitation. Description: The Home Office has published guidance: criminal exploitation of children and vulnerable adults: county lines (updated 2020), which is aimed at supporting frontline professionals working effectively with children. This guidance is intended to explain the nature of harm…
Summary: Access to the guidance produced by the Department for Education in regards to child sexual exploitation. It offers a definition and appropiate responses to take action to support children and young people. Description: The Department for Education has published guidance: child sexual exploitation: definition and guide for practitioners (2017), which aims to provide an overview of the…
Summary: Statutory guidance, produced by the Department for Education for the provision of support for children looked after who are unaccompanied migrant and who may be victims, or potential victims, of modern slavery. Description:The Department for Education have published statutory guidance; care of unaccompanied migrant children and child victims of modern slavery (2017). The statutory guidance is intended…
Summary: Access to the guidance and protocol for England and Wales to support young people as they turn 18 from youth justice to adult probation services. Description: The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales, Probation Service, and HM Prison and Probation Service have published the joint national protocol for transitions in England guidance (updated July 2021) and…