Tameside Youth Justice Service & Greater Manchester Police Pilot Program
Tameside Youth Justice Service and Greater Manchester Police have launched a pilot program focused on prevention, intervention, engagement, and diversion for young people involved in serious youth violence. The program aims to provide support to young individuals coming to the attention of the police and ensure effective collaboration among various agencies. Enhanced policing strategies, dedicated youth engagement roles, and close monitoring of operational data are key components of this initiative. Partner agencies include Youth Justice Service, mental health services, substance misuse support, and community safety organizations.
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TAMESIDE YOUTH JUSTICE SERVICE & GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE PIED PILOT Prevention, Intervention, Engagement and Diversion Sally Dickin Head of Service, Tameside YJS Bridget Otter Operational Manager, Tameside YJS 1
BACKGROUND & AIMS OF THE PILOT BACKGROUND Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) multi-agency deep dive events focussed on young people involved with Serious Youth Violence and identified missed opportunities from birth Early links to crime as both victims and perpetrators Average 20 30 crimes, record of 118 crimes and nobody told Common outcomes of Victim doesn t support, Not in the Public Interest Entrenched behaviour before Youth Justice aware AIMS To make sure that young people who come to the attention of Greater Manchester Police get support To ensure that all agencies working with a young person know when they come into contact with the police 2
FUNDING & ROLES Additional resource from Greater Manchester Police funded via the Violence Reduction Unit (VRU). Dedicated full time police resource to review the police data on a daily basis Youth Engagement Key Worker role funded via Serious Youth Violence money agreed through Tameside Community Safety Partnership. Crucial role in ensuring that initial contact made in a timely way 3
POLICE OPERATIONAL DATA Police systems are checked every 24 hours for children under the age of 18 years old identified as linked to crimes Identified children are then created on a tracker with a history of all crimes, domestic violence records, child protection records, missing from home records and other intelligence records linked to that child from police systems, identifying ACE s where possible The children are triaged and a document is created, usually with around 10 children to be discussed at a weekly meeting with partner agencies Some children are filtered out of the pilot if the crime they are linked to is too serious or they are already open to the Youth Justice Service 4
Operational Functioning Partnership Greater Manchester Police, Youth Justice Service (including SALT & Mental Health), Early Help, Enhanced Nursing, YouThink (sexual health), CGL (substance misuse), Positive Steps (ETE), Community Safety, ASB Officers Decision making collaborative approach using information across agencies to ensure we are targeting the right young people at the right time. Daily contact between lead Police Officer and YEW to ensure effective joint decision making Weekly meetings held virtually and attended by partners; triaging takes place prior to the meetings; multi-agency decision making to assist with determining support needed & sharing of information with key workers 5
Operational Functioning Cont. Assessment Light touch, strengths based approach based on the Signs of Safety model Timeframe individually assessed but short term and focused Purposeful and proportionate action plan with clear link to desistance and with the aim of diverting into universal services Engagement Trusted relationship with the young person and their family is central Walk and talk sessions, exploring the young person s interests/aspirations, identifying what s already in place to support the young person Utilising universal and appropriate services Helping young person feel listened to and understood Task motivated/activity based approach Ensuring family/carers are involved throughout and crucial to exit strategy 6
Outcomes & Challenges Started in July 2020 but youth engagement worker post not recruited to until late September 2020. As of March 21, 274 young people have been discussed, 105 have been offered direct diversionary support and information shared with other agencies for the others Signposting/referring into specialist services such as speech and language No current re-offending data Barriers created by pandemic/lockdown IT/technology and information sharing Youth Engagement Worker posy currently vacant this role is crucial Initial concerns regarding net widening have not materialised to date 7
Evaluation April Summer 2021 Police Youth Justice Evaluation Interviews Outcomes PIED Data Personnel Product 8
