improving outcomes for young people jamie callaghan & fiona muir community justice

Improving outcomes for young people

Jamie Callaghan & Fiona Muir Community Justice

Glasgow Community and Safety Services Ltd is an

organisation with charitable status which aims to

prevent crime, tackle antisocial behaviour and promote

community safety.

We are jointly owned by Police Scotland and

Glasgow City Council.

About Us

To improve the quality of life in Glasgow’s diverse

communities, using innovative solutions and strong

partnerships to reduce crime and antisocial behaviour,

while supporting residents to take an active role

in their communities.

Mission Statement

Our Services

Role of the Greater Glasgow Hub (Covers East Renfrewshire, Greater Glasgow and East Dunbartonshire)

SCREENINGAll crime reports for young people under 18 are screened via Crime ManagementScreening checks carried out – FPU, Criminal History, Child Protection. Consideration given to type and gravity of offence, admission of guilt and familial support of police action.

OPTIONSFormal Police Warning, EEI or a case to SCRA.

EEIReporting officers are requested to update CR’s with child offender background details plus anything else of importance.Referrals made to Co-ordinator’s queue.Once the MAG referral list is distributed, more in depth screening including intelligence checks, calls logged to offenders home address, reoffending between offence and date of meeting.Attendance at MAG meetings


EARLY AND EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION

REFERRAL SOURCE• Police Scotland crime Management system, young people 8 - 17 low level of offending

INTERVENTIONS•Collate referrals from Crime management systems EEI specific queues•Screening decisions – Warning Letter, NFA, ESAR refer to Multi Agency Group•Decisions made as a result of information obtained from partners at screening using SHANARRI indicators to evidence decision.


MULTI AGENCY GROUPS

•Glasgow has 3 strategic planning areas / EEI MAG’s replicate this geographic split

• North West• North East• South

•Each area has its own dedicated EEI Coordinator•Meetings take place on a fortnightly basis with locality based personnel from partner agencies


MULTI AGENCY APPROACH

•Glasgow Life – Leisure Facilities throughout the city as well as Youth Work Provision, Community Learning, Joint Interventions•Social Work – Further intervention with ongoing cases, home visits to assess risk and needs of young people and their families.•Community Safety Glasgow – Coordination of process , facilitation of MAG’s, Mobile Resources, ASB team, links to RSL’s etc.•Education – in school processes, partnership programmes, Joint Interventions•Community Justice Intervention team (CSG) - Restorative Interventions, Young Persons Alcohol Intervention, One to One , Joint interventions.•Health Improvement Team - Anger Management, Youth Counselling, Sexual Health.•Glasgow Council on Alcohol•Fire & Rescue Scotland - Specific Restorative interventions around fire-raising, RTA’s etc.•Third Sector - Barnardo’s Youth Involvement, Fairbridge, YCSA, Y Networks.


QUARTERLY AND ANNUAL TOTALS FOR EEI REFERRALS


Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total

2011/2012 222 190 141 168 721

2012/2013 227 186 156 203 772

2013/2014 299 233 174

CHALLENGES AND DEVELOPMENTS

•Minimum Standards•Awareness raising

• Police

• Education Social work

• Third Sector

• Young people•Involving young people in the process•Children and Young Persons Bill

• Role of the Named person / Lead professional

• Non term time

• Non engaging young people

• 16 / 17 year old not in Education•Police VPU System.



Quarterly meeting between CSG, SCRA and Greater Glasgow Referrals Hub to

ensure quality control of cases.•Table top exercises•Process development•Establish a two way referral process with SCRA whereby if a case that is sent to•SCRA is to be NFA’d the referral can be made to EEI for screening or discussion at

Multi Agency Meeting

The introduction of the Vulnerable Persons Database•Do EEI Coordinators get access?•How will this change internal process?•Information Security among partners?•Training?



GIRFEC and Role of the named person•How will this impact on EEI processes?•How will information be fed to and from named person?•How does this two-way information process happen when schools

are out of term?•Attendance from partners at education would need to be more consistent (Currently

pastoral care teacher attend MAG’s if and when they can)•Will there be training and/or briefings to inform partners of the procedural changes

as a result of the legislation


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