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Cheshire YJS webinar - Divert model
Hear from Cheshire YJS on their approach to their point of arrest 'Divert' model. Diversion is a key tenet of the Child First principle.
By Youth Justice Board
Date and time
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 03:00 - 06:30 PST
Location
Online
About this event
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We are a non-departmental public body responsible for overseeing the youth justice system in England and Wales.
Our primary function is to monitor the operation of the youth justice system and the provision of youth justice services. Within England and Wales we’re responsible for:
- using information and evidence to form an expert view of how to get the best outcomes for children who offend and for victims of crime
- advising the Secretary of State for Justice and those working in youth justice services about how well the system is operating, and how improvements can be made
- identifying and sharing best practice
- promoting the voice of the child, including taking advice from our youth advisory panel of young people who have current or previous experience of the youth justice system
- commissioning research and publishing information in connection with good practice
- monitoring the youth justice system and the provision of youth justice services
- making grants, with the approval of the Secretary of State, for the purposes of the operation of the youth justice system and services
- providing information technology related assistance for the operation of the youth justice system and services