Decision details

The Cabinet considered a report of the Managing Director of Children & Young People. Each year the Youth Justice Service was required to submit an annual plan to the Youth Justice Board. This plan needed to be endorsed by the Youth Justice Management Board and the Council. The plan was presented to the Youth Justice Management Board on 17th June and submitted to the Youth Justice Board on 28th June to meet the submission date of 30th June 2024. The Annual Plan 2024/25 was presented to Cabinet for approval and comment before submission to full Council.

The focus of the plan for 2024/2025 was to move the service forwards in preparation for the new inspection process and to continue the services focus on reducing serious youth violence. The plan also focused on continuing partnership work across Oldham and Greater Manchester to ensure that the children that the service works with are getting the support they need.

The report concluded that Oldham Youth Justice Service is in a strong position to continue to improve the outcomes for the children that it works with by continuing to focus on prevention whilst still meeting the needs of the children who do become part of the criminal justice system.

Options/Alternatives considered:

Option 1 – To approve the Youth Services Justice Plan - As it was a statutory duty for a local authority to produce a Youth Justice Action Plan it was not possible to provide an alternative option to this plan.

Resolved:

That the Oldham Youth Justice Service Plan 2024/2025 and Action Plan be approved for submission to and approval  by Council.