Performance
The performance of
North Yorkshire Youth Justice Service is regularly
measured and assessed by national government, by our
local strategic partners, and by our own management
team. The aim is to ensure that our services are
effective, efficient and achieve good outcomes.
Youth Justice Strategic
Plan
Our annual plan for 2012/13 (click
here to download - Word) focuses on the
following areas:
- Resourcing and Value for Money
- Structure and Governance
- Partnership Arrangements
- Risks to Future Delivery
The 2013/14 annual plan will be published in July, 2013.
Youth Justice Indicators
The Government is focussing on three key
outcomes:
- Reducing the number of first time entrants to the youth justice system
- Reducing re-offending
- Reducing custody numbers
The performance of the Youth Justice Service against the three outcome indicators is reviewed quarterly by the regional Youth Justice Board team and reported to the Youth Justice Service Management Board, which comprises of senior officers from key partner agencies.
Local Strategic Targets
In addition to the above indicators, the Youth
Justice Service is committed to assisting in the
delivery of a number of strategic priorities within
the 2011-14 Children’s and Young People’s Plan for
North Yorkshire . The following additional
priorities contained within the Plan are
particularly relevant:
- Increasing the percentage of young offenders in suitable housing
- Increasing the percentage of young offenders who are engaged in education, training or employment
- Improving the integration and impact of work for teenagers with multiple vulnerabilities, including care leavers and those leaving custody.
Local Criminal Justice
Board
The Youth Justice Service is also a committed member
of the North Yorkshire Criminal Justice Board, and
working towards LCJB priorities for improvement (download
LCJB Business Plan 2012-13
- Digitalisation of the criminal justice system
- Effective end to end case management
- Appropriate disposals with quality outcomes
- Integrated offender management
- Youth Justice, including transition from youth to adult
- Restorative Justice
- Hate crime and vulnerable victims
- Sexual Violence, including Sexual Assault Referral
