CELEBRATING YOUTH OFFENDING TEAMS
RAY JONES
PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL WORK
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CELEBRATING YOTS
• SOMETHING ABOUT ME
• REMEMBERING LESSONS FROM OUR HISTORY
• SOME CURRENT CONCERNS AND ISSUES
• SO WHAT’S TO CELEBRATE?
SOMETHING ABOUT ME
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A SOCIAL WORKER
THE NDC
1969 CYPA
1970 LASSA
NEWBURY
IT AND THE CORRECTIONAL CURRICULUM
PhD
NATIONAL IT FUND AND BARNARDO’S
SURREY AND BERKSHIRE
DSS WILTSHIRE (AND SWINDON) 1992-2006
NAME DROPPING!
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ROD MORGAN
JOHN DICKSON
BOB ASHFORD
IAN LANGLEY
BEN BYRNE
• BARAK OBAMA
REMEMBERING LESSONS
FROM OUR HISTORY
• NDC AND DEVIANCY THEORY
• WEST AND FARRINGTON
• 1969 ACT
MAD, BAD AND SAD
• DARTINGTON RESEARCH
• WATCH OUT FOR UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
CURRENT ISSUES AND CONCERNS
• INCREASING INEQUALITY AND DEPRIVATION
• FAMILIES AND NEIGHBOURHOODS
• AUSTERITY AND PUBLIC SECTOR CUTS
• TARGETTING, CENTRALISATION,
FRAGMENTATION AND MARKETISATION
• LOWERING COSTS – FOR GOOD AND FOR BAD
TIME FOR A
QUICK STORY
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SOME YOT REFLECTIONS
• TRACEY CONNELLY AND HER BROTHER AS
ADOLESCENTS BOTH AWAY FROM HOME
• 15 YEAR OLD GIRLFRIEND OF JASON OWEN
• BULLYING AND THREATENING BEHAVIOURS
OF BARKER AND OWEN
• MARTIN NAREY AND ‘BABY P’
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CHILD PROTECTION
SECTION 47 ENQUIRIES
2009-2010 2010-2012 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015
89,300
111,700
124,600
127,100
142,500
160,150
AN INCREASE OF 79%
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CHILD PROTECTION
CHILDREN SUBJECT TO AN
INITIAL CHILD PROTECTION CONFERENCE
2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015
43,900
53,000
56,200
60,100
65,200
71,400
AN INCREASE OF 63%
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CHILD PROTECTION
CHILD PROTECTION PLANS IN ENGLAND
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2008
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Neglect
13,400
15,800
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Physical abuse
3,400
4,400
5,000 4,800
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Sexual abuse
2,000
2,000
2,300
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Emotional abuse
7,900
9,100
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Multiple
2,500
2,900
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Total
29,200
34,100 39,100 42,700 42,850 43,100 48,300 49,700
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
17,300 18,600 18,220 17,930 20,970
22,230
4,670
4,760
4,350
2,220 2,030
2,210
2,340
10,800 11,400 12,330 13,640 15,868
16,660
3,700
2,400
5,500
4,690
2015
5,390
4,870
4,492
AN INCREASE OF 70%
4,120
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CHILD PROTECTION
11,156 CARE APPLICATIONS IN 2014/15
AN INCREASE OF 79% SINCE 2007/08
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CHILD PROTECTION
LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN AT 31 MARCH
MARCH 2009 60,000
MARCH 2015 69,540
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CHILD PROTECTION
SUMMARY OF THE
THE RECENT TRENDS
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MORE SECTION 47 INVESTIGATIONS
MORE INITIAL CP CASE CONFERENCES
MORE CP PLANS
MORE CARE PROCEEDINGS
MORE LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN
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REASONS FOR CP PLANS?
CHILD PROTECTION
CHILD PROTECTION PLANS IN ENGLAND
PHYSICAL ABUSE
9%
SEXUAL ABUSE
5%
EMOTIONAL ABUSE
34%
NEGLECT
45%
MULTIPLE
8%
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CHILD PROTECTION
CHILD PROTECTION PLANS IN ENGLAND
EMOTIONAL ABUSE
NEGLECT
34%
45%
79%
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CHILD PROTECTION
NEGLECT
THE FROG
AND THE SAUCEPAN
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CHILD PROTECTION
THE FROG
AND THE SAUCEPAN
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AGES AND SEX OF CHILDREN
SUBJECT TO CP PLANS?
The age split of children in need also
remains similar to previous years. The
largest age group is those aged 10-15
years accounting for 30.7% of children in
need; 25.3% are under 5 years of age.
DfE October 2015
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AGES OF CHILDREN SUBJECT TO CP PLANS
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UNBORN
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1-4
5-9
10-15
16+
TOTAL
BOYS
GIRLS
2,710
7,420
7,700
6,330
660
2,440
6,750
7.030
6,630
900
TOTAL
1,050
5,200
14,180
14,740
12,960
1.560
24,820
23,750
49,690
AGES OF CHILDREN SUBJECT TO CP PLANS
30% AGED 10 YEARS PLUS
SO WHAT’S TO
CELEBRATE ABOUT
YOTs?
WHAT DID YOTs
EVER DO FOR US?
SO WHAT’S TO
CELEBRATE ABOUT YOTs?
NUMBER ONE
ONE OF THE BEST – THE BEST –
EXAMPLE OF MULTI-AGENCY
AND MULTI-PROFESSIONAL
WORKING
A SALAD
OR A SOUP
SO WHAT’S TO
CELEBRATE ABOUT YOTs?
NUMBER TWO
A REMARKABLE SUCCESS STORY IN
REDUCING JUVENILE CRIME AND
CRIMINALISATION
PROVEN OFFENCES BY YOUNG PEOPLE -68% SINCE 2003/2004
FIRST TIME ENTRANTS TO YOUTH JUSTICE SYSYEM - 75%
CUSTODY -40% SINCE 2010-2011
SO WHAT’S TO
CELEBRATE ABOUT YOTs?
NUMBER THREE
HUMANITY AND
CARE AND COMPASSION
WITHIN A CONTEXT
OF CONTROL AND CONTAINMENT
WAR AND PEACE IN 2016
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WAR AND PEACE
AND YOTs IN 2016
THE GOODIES
PRINCIPLES, VALUES AND CARING
FOR OTHERS WITH WISDOM
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THANK YOU!
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