Programmes
>Education, Training and Employment (ETE)
The YOT continues to
work hard towards achieving the National Indicators
agreed regionally in collaboration with the YJB and
which are set for a period of 3 years. Indeed
Kirklees compares favourably with the other West
Yorkshire areas.
Kirklees Youth
Offending Team have developed strategies and put
systems in place for early identification, and to
address the Education Training and Employment Needs
of all the young people who come to the attention of
the YOT.
YOT officers are
supported by a specialist team of workers to assess
the individual ETE needs of the young people to
ensure that their ETE needs are appropriately met.
Specialist workers
include: Two Advanced Practitioners and one ISSP
project worker with specific responsibility for
Education. In addition there are also two
‘Connexion’ Career Advisors.
Plan
The Advanced
Practitioners work both strategically and in
relation to individual cases to integrate young
offenders into full time mainstream education in
line with the Education Authority’s Inclusion
Policy.
Maintain good
relationships with Kirklees mainstream schools
and strong links with Kirklees Key Stage
Services and support services. This enables
speedy joint working to address issues of
engagement with hard to reach young people.
Continued
involvement in the further development of
Connexions services, particularly around the
provision of basic skills.
To maximise
opportunities of additional funding to enable
young people to achieve in specific areas of
learning.
Ensure that the
Youth Crime Prevention Strategy prioritises
schools as safe and secure environments,
reducing bullying and anti social behaviour
To continue to
improve links between ETE and the Secure Estate.
To improve the
basic skills provision available to the YOT.
To ensure the
involvement of the YOT Advanced Practitioners in
the prevention agenda in schools.
Early
identification of previously missed /
unacknowledged learning difficulties amongst
young people through referral to specialist
learning disabilities nurse and fast track
access to Education Psychologist assessment.
Advanced
Practitioners are liaising with other YOT’s
within our family groups both regionally and
nationally where good practice and performance
is evidenced in order that we can learn from
them and report back to Management Board.
Further develop
ETE Practice and Performance Group.
Advanced
Practitioners to have access to Kirklees SYNERGY
Data base.
