The future of youth offending

This survey seeks your views on the future of youth offending teams. It is anonymous and all responses will be treated confidentially. Results will be analysed and published by Cordis Bright in the lead-up to publication of the Charlie Taylor report. If you have any questions about this survey please contact Kam Kaur on kamkaur@cordisbright.co.uk.

The questionnaire asks about three main scenarios:

Scenario 1: Regional teams - local authorities are required to organise youth offending teams on a regional basis.

Scenario 2: Status quo - the current system of youth offending teams is retained.

Scenario 3: Re-integration - the requirement to establish multi-agency youth offending teams is abolished. Youth offending functions are re-integrated into existing services.

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* 1. For each of the three scenarios, how likely do you think each will achieve the following improvements?

	Regional teams	Status quo	Re-integration
Reducing costs	Reducing costs Regional teams menu	Reducing costs Status quo menu	Reducing costs Re-integration menu
Improving efficiency	Improving efficiency Regional teams menu	Improving efficiency Status quo menu	Improving efficiency Re-integration menu
Improving quality of practice	Improving quality of practice Regional teams menu	Improving quality of practice Status quo menu	Improving quality of practice Re-integration menu
Reducing first-time offending	Reducing first-time offending Regional teams menu	Reducing first-time offending Status quo menu	Reducing first-time offending Re-integration menu
Reducing re-offending	Reducing re-offending Regional teams menu	Reducing re-offending Status quo menu	Reducing re-offending Re-integration menu
Reducing serious and prolific offending	Reducing serious and prolific offending Regional teams menu	Reducing serious and prolific offending Status quo menu	Reducing serious and prolific offending Re-integration menu
Improving multi-agency working	Improving multi-agency working Regional teams menu	Improving multi-agency working Status quo menu	Improving multi-agency working Re-integration menu
Ensuring that local need is met	Ensuring that local need is met Regional teams menu	Ensuring that local need is met Status quo menu	Ensuring that local need is met Re-integration menu

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* 2. Overall, how desirable do you rate each of the scenarios?

	Very bad idea	Bad idea	OK idea	Good idea	Excellent idea
Regional teams	Regional teams Very bad idea	Regional teams Bad idea	Regional teams OK idea	Regional teams Good idea	Regional teams Excellent idea
Status quo	Status quo Very bad idea	Status quo Bad idea	Status quo OK idea	Status quo Good idea	Status quo Excellent idea
Re-integration	Re-integration Very bad idea	Re-integration Bad idea	Re-integration OK idea	Re-integration Good idea	Re-integration Excellent idea

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* 3. Which of the following is your preferred option?

Regional teams: local authorities are required to organise youth offending on a regional basis

Status quo: the current system of local authorities each typically having a youth offending team is retained

Re-integration: youth offending team functions are re-integrated into existing services

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Which of the following scenarios do you think the Charlie Taylor report is most likely to recommend?

Regional teams: local authorities are required to organise youth offending on a regional basis

Status quo: the current system of local authorities each typically having a youth offending team is retained

Re-integration: youth offending team functions are re-integrated into existing services

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Do you have any comments about the future of youth offending teams?

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* 6. What agency do you work for?

Youth offending team

Local authority

Police

Health

Education and schools

Voluntary and community sector

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Broadly speaking, which of the following best describes your role?

Practitioner

Case manager

Team manager

Service manager

Strategic manager

Other (please specify)

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* 8. This questionnaire is anonymous and confidential. That said, you are welcome to provide your email address below if you would like to receive a copy of our analysis. Alternatively, please email Kam Kaur directly requesting a copy. Her email address is kamkaur@cordisbright.co.uk.