Youth Offending Teams

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Dear South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council,
It is the responsibility of the Local Authority to oversee Youth Offending Teams, produce Youth Justice Plans etc.
1. In terms of staffing what is the composition of your Youth Offending Team in terms of designated posts, numbers etc?
In particular I seek to establish how many HCPC registered social workers are within your team and the qualifications required of those from Probation, Health and the Police in addition to numbers and qualifications required of other members of your team. Please advise as best you can.
Please provide person specifications including that applicable to the Youth Offending Team Manager.
2. If you consider it appropriate please advise of the professional qualification of your current Youth Offending Team Manager.
3. Which Officers/posts within your team are designated to:
a. Attend the police station as an appropriate adult;
b. Hold case responsibility for children remanded to local authority accommodation with an indication if they have experience of managing looked after children;
c. Write pre-sentence reports;
d. Act as responsible officers for community sentences.

4. Please provide your guidance and policy that addresses dovetailing children in conflict with the law and Local Authority duties under the Children Act 1989 concerning children in need; children suffering or at risk of significant harm including threshold criteria; looked after children with particular reference to offences committed in residential care and children who are looked after but are sentenced to custody; looked after children subject to a pathway plan; children and young people who have ceased to be looked after together with arrangements for managing the transition to adult services.

Yours faithfully,

Charles Bell

foi, South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Mr Bell

Your FOI Request was received by South Tyneside Council on 23 April 2013.

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Regards

John

John Grewcock
Information Governance Officer
Information Governance
South Tyneside Council
Level 3
Town Hall & Civic Offices
Westoe Road
South Shields
Tyne & Wear
NE33 2RL

Tel. (0191) 424 6538

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Dear foi,

A response is long overdue.

Yours sincerely,

Charles Bell

foi, South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Mr Bell,

Please accept our sincere apologies on the delay in providing the
information to you.  I will contact the service involved in this FOI and
we will endeavour to provide a response to you as soon as possible.

Kind regards

Fay Devlin

Information Governance Team

South Tyneside Council

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Dear Mr Bell

 

Please find attached the Councils response to your Freedom of Information
request, we apologise for the delay in providing you with this
information.

 

Regards

 

John

 

John Grewcock
Information Governance Officer
Information Governance
South Tyneside Council
Level 3
Town Hall & Civic Offices
Westoe Road
South Shields
Tyne & Wear
NE33 2RL

Tel. (0191) 424 6538

[South Tyneside Council request email]

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