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News

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‘Good’ Vale of Glamorgan Youth Offending Service has ‘the right ingredients for success’

Published:

16 August 2022

Vale of Glamorgan Youth Offending Service (YOS) has received an overall rating of ‘Good’ following an inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation.

Staffordshire and Stoke probation service rated as ‘Inadequate’ with staff ‘overworked and overwhelmed’

Published:

4 August 2022

Staffordshire and Stoke Probation Delivery Unit (PDU)* has received an overall rating of ‘Inadequate’ following an inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation – scoring only two points out of a possible 27.

Cardiff Youth Justice Service ‘making progress’ but ‘Requires improvement’.

Published:

2 August 2022

Cardiff Youth Justice Service (YJS) has received an overall rating of ‘Requires improvement’ following a joint inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation and inspectors from police, health, social care and education.

‘Concerning’ Tower Hamlets and City of London Youth Justice Service ‘Requires improvement’

Published:

26 July 2022

Tower Hamlets and City of London Youth Justice Service (YJS) has received an overall rating of ‘Requires improvement’ following an inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation.

20 years of Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) – they are ‘underused’, and further improvements are needed

Published:

14 July 2022

20 years of Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) – they are ‘underused’, and further improvements are needed.

Bolton Youth Justice Service doing ‘Good’ work with local children

Published:

6 July 2022

Bolton Youth Justice Service (YJS) has received an overall rating of ‘Good’ following an inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation.

West Sussex Youth Justice Service rated ‘Good’

Published:

22 June 2022

West Sussex Youth Justice Service (YJS) has received an overall rating of ‘Good’ following an inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation.

Portsmouth Youth Offending Team rated ‘Good’ and is helping ‘children flourish’

Published:

21 June 2022

Portsmouth Youth Offending Team (YOT) has received an overall rating of ‘Good’ following an inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation.

Bridgend Youth Justice Service ‘Requires improvement’

Published:

14 June 2022

Bridgend Youth Justice Service (YJS) has received an overall rating of ‘Requires improvement’ following an inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation.

‘Major barriers’ to participation in Education, Training and Employment for the most vulnerable children in the youth justice system

Published:

7 June 2022

A joint inspection of hundreds of cases of children in youth justice services has found some have not participated in education, training or employment opportunities for two years or more.