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 fair, and that we meet a range of targets set nationally or locally.

YJB Capacity and Capability Assessment
We have recently completed an annual Youth Justice Board Capacity and Capability Assessment (CCA) report (sometimes called a Youth Justice Plan).  The CCA focuses on :

• The quality of our Assessments & Intervention

• The fairness & effectiveness of our services

• The services we provide for victims and communities

• The skills and training needs of our staff

• The strength of the local YJS partnership

Comprehensive Area Assessment
This national programme reviews the performance of all public services in an area, making sure that they are working together to serve their local communities. The Youth Justice Service provides statistics and reports to support this assessment.

National Indicators
The National Indicator Set consists of 198 performance targets which local authorities previously reported on. The public services in each area now negotiate a joint “Local Area Agreement” with the government, identifying which of these targets are most important for their local communities. The Youth Justice Service is responsible for helping to achieve 6 of these targets for North Yorkshire :

• NI 19: Rate of re-offending by young offenders

• NI 43: % of young offenders receiving a custodial sentence

• NI 44: Ethnic composition of young offenders

• NI 45: Young offenders engagement in education, employment or training

• NI 46: Young offenders access to suitable accommodation

• NI 111: First time entrants to the youth justice system.

Local Strategic Targets
The Youth Justice Service is responsible for meeting a range of targets within the Children & Young People’s Plan for North Yorkshire (mainly based upon the above national targets). We also have responsibility for meeting criminal justice targets required by the North Yorkshire Criminal Justice Board, for example making sure that Breach action is taken quickly if young people do not cooperate with Court Orders.

Other Performance Measurement
The North Yorkshire Youth Justice Service also maintains a range of local performance reporting systems to help us improve the quality of our services for young people, families and victims of youth crime. A small Management Information Service team is responsible for this.