Improving outcomes for young people

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Improving outcomes for young people Jamie
Callaghan Fiona Muir Community Justice
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About Us
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.
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Mission Statement
To improve the quality of life in Glasgows
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.
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Our Services
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Our Services
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Our Services
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Our Services
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Improving outcomes for young people
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
Management Screening 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. OPTIONS Formal Police Warning, EEI or a
case to SCRA. EEI Reporting officers are
requested to update CRs with child offender
background details plus anything else of
importance. Referrals made to Co-ordinators
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
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Improving outcomes for young people

• 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.

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Improving outcomes for young people

• MULTI AGENCY GROUPS
• Glasgow has 3 strategic planning areas / EEI
  MAGs 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

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• 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 MAGs, Mobile
  Resources, ASB team, links to RSLs 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, RTAs etc.
• Third Sector - Barnardos Youth Involvement,
  Fairbridge, YCSA, Y Networks.

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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
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Improving outcomes for young people

• 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.

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Improving outcomes for young people

• CHALLENGES AND DEVELOPMENTS
• 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 NFAd 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?

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Improving outcomes for young people

• CHALLENGES AND DEVELOPMENTS
• 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 MAGs 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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