Inspection of Youth Offending work in Suffolk
The latest inspection report of Youth Offending work in England and Wales was published today.
Julie Fox, Assistant Chief Inspector, said:
‘This Core Case Inspection of youth offending work in Suffolk took place as part of the Inspection of Youth Offending programme. We have examined a representative sample of youth offending cases from the area, and we have judged how often the Public Protection and the Safeguarding aspects of the work were done to a sufficiently high level of quality.
‘We judged that the Safeguarding aspects of the work were done well enough 83% of the time. With the Public Protection aspects, work to keep to a minimum each individual’s Risk of Harm to others was done well enough 79% of the time, and the work to make each individual less likely to reoffend was done well enough 83% of the time. A more detailed analysis of our findings is provided in the main body of this report, and summarised in a table in Appendix 1. These figures can be viewed in the context of our findings from Wales and the regions of England inspected so far.
‘We found a Youth Offending Service that had developed a wide range of interventions to address offending behaviour. We were impressed by the commitment of staff to engaging with children and young people through these imaginative interventions. It was evident that children and young people had made progress and that factors linked to reoffending had reduced. Moving forward, work may be focused on improving the quality of some initial assessments and plans to manage the Risk of Harm and Safeguarding.
‘Overall, however, we consider this a very creditable set of findings.’
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| Scores from Wales and the English regions that have been inspected to date | Scores for Suffolk | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowest | Highest | Average | ||
| ‘Safeguarding’ work (action to protect the young person) | 37% | 91% | 67% | 83% |
| ‘Risk of Harm to others’ work (action to protect the public) | 36% | 86% | 62% | 79% |
| ‘Likelihood of Reoffending’ work (individual less likely to reoffend) | 43% | 87% | 70% | 83% |
Notes to editors
- The report is available at www.justice.gov.uk/about/hmi-probation/.
- This Inspection of Youth Offending (IYO) programme started in April 2009. Youth Offending work in all 158 areas of England & Wales will be inspected over the course of a three-year cycle.
- Julie Fox can be contacted on julie.fox@hmiprobation.gsi.gov.uk (E-mail address) and 07973 264412.
