\n Wirral Youth Justice Service has received an overall rating of \u2018Good\u2019 following an inspection of youth justice work with children and victims (IYJWCV) by His Majesty\u2019s Inspectorate of Probation.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Chief Inspector of Probation, Martin Jones, said: \u201cWirral YJS demonstrated genuine care and understanding for the children they work with.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cCreating trusting relationships was the basis of service delivery, and children spoke positively about the impact and value of the mentor service offered which provided positive role models.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Inspectors found that assessing activity to help children make positive changes had been \u201cprioritised\u201d and \u201ccare had been taken to include the views of children, parents, and carers to shape service delivery\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n The inspection also found that \u201cit was evident that case managers were responsive to children and adapted the way they worked to meet children\u2019s individual needs\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n However, more focus is required to ensure that assessing consistently analyses how to achieve safety for the child and the community.\n<\/p>\n
\n It was also found that planning activity was undertaken \u201cwell and was consistently strong\u201d. This resulted in partnership agencies having a clear understanding of what actions were needed to prevent further offending and to increase children\u2019s safety.\n<\/p>\n
\n Inspectors then saw this evidenced in the delivery of services, many of which had been set up to respond to the risks to children from exploitation, serious organised crime, and the drug trade.\n<\/p>\n
\n However, the report found that the victim policy and process at Wirral YJS \u201cwere not yet translating into high-quality practice\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n Poor recording was having a \u201cdetrimental effect on individual case management\u201d, which hampered the service\u2019s ability to review and evaluate victim experiences, identify what work had taken place, or support a detailed analysis of the victim cohort.\n<\/p>\n
\n This meant services were not always tailored to individual circumstances, including those with protected characteristics or diversity needs.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Jones continued: \u201cThere is much to commend Wirral YJS and the wider partnership for.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThis is a well-led and well-managed service, and by strengthening the work with victims I am confident they can build on their already strong base and improve further.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The Inspectorate\u2019s report makes six recommendations. Five are for Wirral YJS, including to improve the quality of assessing in relation to safety of the child and the community.\n<\/p>\n
\n One recommendation is for Merseyside Police to improve the information provided about the diversity and vulnerabilities of victims that consent to further contact from the YJS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wirral Youth Justice Service has received an overall rating of \u2018Good\u2019 following an inspection of youth justice work…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-300494","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114935098545194686","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}