The purpose of this strand is to increase the overall
impact of the strategy by ensuring those who are targeted by Catch and
Convict are not replaced by the next generation of super prolific
offenders. It aims to identify those young people who are at risk of
offending, offer interventions that are appropriate to meet the needs of
these young people and prevent continued offending amongst this
group.
There are a number of current activities in local areas,
already involved in work with young people who are at risk of offending,
both within mainstream services, such as schools, and through more
specialised community based programmes. The Prevent and Deter strand of the
PPO strategy places a responsibility on CDRPs to identify both the level of
activity and interventions that are in place within their local area along
with the current level of youth offending that is taking place.
Youth Offending Teams
Local Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) have a crucial role in the delivery of
this strand, and their work supports the Youth Justice System and its
agencies, by undertaking assessments of the risks, needs and circumstances
of the individual young offenders. YOTs work with Health and Local
Government services to ensure the delivery of community based programmes as
part of court sentences to tackle re-offending. They identify exit
strategies for young people that will deliver continued support from
mainstream or specialist services post-sentence.
Though the priority for local CDRPs is to ensure prevent
and deter arrangements focus on those young people who are already
offending, they must also ensure that they work with partner agencies,
including Local Strategic Partnerships and Children and Young People's
Partnerships, to focus on young people who are on the cusp of offending, or
those who are already engaged in lower level crime. In doing so, they
reduce the number of young people becoming active young offenders and
prevent them from becoming future PPOs.
CDRPs in conjunction with YOTs also work with Youth
Inclusion Support Panels to prevent those on the verge of criminality from
developing criminal lifestyles. They do this by ensuring local
arrangements are in place to identify those young people most at risk of
offending and that local provision is available to support these young
people in resisting criminality.
Our Role
GOSE in conjunction with the Youth Justice Board is responsible for
supporting and advising South East CDRPs and their partner agencies in the
development and implementation of the Prevent and Deter strand of the PPO
strategy. We ensure the appropriate governance arrangements are in place
for multi-agency working and identify and share best practice across the
region.
