Following Youth Justice Court Advice Service
(YJ CAS) assessment guide:
supervised bail and deferral of sentence
Department of Human Services, Victoria
Supervised bail
Deferral of sentence
CRIS privacy package provided
Client’s details
Young person’s name
Alias names
Date of birth
Age:
Gender:
Address
Phone
Aboriginal/Torres Strait
Islander status
Mobile:
Yes
No
Ethnicity
Interpreter required?
Yes
No
COURT DETAILS
Assessment date/s
Court date
Court location
Judge/Magistrate
Origin of request
Legal representative
Phone
Fax:
Mobile
Barrister
Phone
Fax:
Mobile
YJ CAS worker details
Name
Position
Office location, region
Phone
Mobile:
Date assessment completed
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Checklist (mark if YES)
Has consent to obtain information and release confidential information been given?
Is the defendant in a show cause situation?
Have summaries/brief been photocopied and read?
Has Court Link been checked for details?
Is the Court Link record attached instead of completing Offence Details?
Has Youth Justice CRIS been checked?
Has a CBO assessment been requested?
Has a CISP assessment been requested?
If Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander, has the Aboriginal Legal Service been notified?
1. Offending
Offence details
(OR use Court Link print out as an alternative to completing this section)
Police informant’s name
Charges/Offences
Station
Phone
‘Super case’ or
Case number:
Summaries referred to
Summary offences:
YES
NO
Indictable offences:
YES
NO
Currently on remand?
YES
NO
YES
NO
Committal hearing date
Current legal status
If yes, where & since when:
Currently on Bail?
If yes, provide details & conditions of bail and attach notes to this document
Has the young person breached any Bails/Deferrals?
YES
NO
Are there any alleged co-offender(s)?
YES
NO
YES
NO
YES
NO
If yes, name the co-offender(s):
Further charges pending?
If yes, court and date:
Subject to an Intervention Order?
If yes, provide details and attach notes to this document
Youth justice involvement
Current
Yes
No
If yes, provide details including age at first proven offence and attach notes to
this document
Any breach/non compliance with order(s)
YES
NO
YES
NO
If yes, provide details and attach notes to this document
Department of justice
involvement
Current
Yes
No
If yes, give details:
Any breach non-compliance with order(s)
If yes, provide details and attach notes to this document
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2. Family and Supports
Family
circumstances
Family constellation & significant others:
Name
Relationship
Address
Does the young person receive support from family?
YES
NO
Family issues for example crisis or trauma, intervention order, child protection
involvement:
Accommodation
YES
NO
YES
NO
YES
NO
Truancy or serious disruptive behaviour at school?
YES
NO
Currently in education/training?
YES
NO
YES
NO
Stable accommodation available
Give details of the type of accommodation and with whom:
Current accommodation (if different to above):
Is alternative accommodation required?
If yes, what type to be sought:
Finance
Receiving Centrelink payment
If no financial support, any strategies to gain financial support?
Education,
training and
employment
Age left school and level of education attained:
If yes, give details:
Currently employed?
If yes, give details, including whether enjoys job and if employer is supportive:
If no, has the young person been trying to find a job?
YES
NO
Previous employment?
YES
NO
If yes, give details:
Support services
Includes housing, mentoring, sporting, outreach, cultural, significant persons:
Previously accessed services?
YES
NO
If yes, was young person attending/ engaged positively?
YES
NO
Currently accessing services?
YES
NO
If health services - YES
NO
- (provide details in next section)
Name services/persons involved, or willing to be, or why no involvement:
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3. Health and developmental needs
Any serious
health issues/
Any diagnosed medical condition &/or medication required?
YES
NO
YES
NO
YES
NO
YES
NO
Details:
requirements
Mental health,
history,
treatment &
service
involvement
Identify the
young person’s
need for relevant
Previously accessed a mental health service?
If yes, why and name service and counsellor (if possible):
Currently accessing a mental health service?
If yes, why and name service and counsellor (if possible):
services which
may reduce the
likelihood of
reoffending
Any current concerns about self-harm/suicidal thoughts?
If yes, contact mental health service: name of service, name of person contacted and
date of contact:
Drug and
alcohol,
history,
treatment and
Is young person willing to access a mental health service?
YES
NO
Does the young person have a history of illicit drug use?
YES
NO
Does the young person currently use illicit drugs or is detoxing?
YES
NO
Is the young person likely to experience withdrawal in custody?
YES
NO
Does the young person report problems with alcohol?
YES
NO
Previously accessed a drug and alcohol service?
YES
NO
Currently accessing a drug and alcohol service?
YES
NO
Currently in a pharmacotherapy program?
YES
NO
Young person likely to access a drug & alcohol service?
YES
NO
Does vulnerability/drug withdrawal require notifying police/custodial staff?
YES
NO
Are there concerns about their cognitive functioning?
YES
NO
Disability services/acquired brain injury?
YES
NO
Vulnerable in remand due to mental health and/or disability service status?
YES
NO
Other for example specific cultural needs
YES
NO
If yes, give details:
service
involvement
If yes, name service and counsellor (if possible):
Special needs
Provide details:
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4. Assessment outcome
Assessed as suitable for
Supervised Bail/
Deferral of Sentence
YES
NO
5. Court outcome
Supervised bail
Deferral of sentence
Other
State disposition:
Conditions
Court return date
Court location:
Follow up required (mark if applicable)
Written assessment submitted to court
Data collection sheet/CRIS registration
Contact/paperwork to YJC/regional YJU
Police contact required
CCS liaison
Summary/brief of evidence
LEAP history/IBR
Copy of Police Summary and Charge Sheets
Copy of Bail/Request for PSR
Appointment time & date
Venue
Appendix 1: Suitability assessment matrix guide (highlight applicable factors for overview)
Indicators for supervised bail
Contra-indicators for Supervised bail
Relevant behaviour

Lack of, or minimal, prior criminal history

Prior criminal history/history of remand

Lack of, or minimal, history of breaches/

History of or current breaches/failing to
failing to appear


appear
Mental health, disability, cultural issues or

Current level of drug dependency
evidenced vulnerability in custody

No mental health, disability, cultural
issues or evidenced vulnerability
Time already spent in custody
Relevant information

Positive support from family and/or other

relationships
Limited positive support from family and/
or other relationships

Stable/suitable accommodation

Lack of stable or suitable accommodation

In education, training or employment

Not in education, training or employment

Linked or willing to access services

Not linked to or unwilling to access services
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6. Bail service plan
Attitude of young person to
participate in supervised
bail/ deferral of sentence
Informed consent to participate?
YES
NO
Are the consequences of non-compliance understood?
YES
NO
Young person’s name:
Supports required to address specific needs
Area
Support
Action required
By whom
required
YES
Family
NO
Accommodation
YES
NO
YES
Finance
NO
Education, training
and/or employment
YES
Drug and Alcohol
YES
NO
NO
Health, (serious
medical conditions
and mental health
issues)
YES
Other for example:
cultural, disability
services, child
protection
YES
NO
NO
Bail service plan review date:
Young person’s signature:
Date:
YJ CAS worker name:
YJ CAS worker signature:
Date:
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