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Glossary<br />

This glossary explains some <strong>of</strong> the commonly used terms within the following report.<br />

ASSET<br />

This is the st<strong>and</strong>ard assessment tool used by youth <strong>of</strong>fending teams to collate in<strong>for</strong>mation on a<br />

<strong>young</strong> person who has come into contact with the criminal justice system. It is intended to<br />

identify a range <strong>of</strong> factors that may have contributed to the <strong>of</strong>fending behaviour <strong>of</strong> the <strong>young</strong><br />

person.<br />

Barnardo’s<br />

Barnardo's is a charity which provides a range <strong>of</strong> support, counselling, fostering, adoption <strong>and</strong><br />

training services <strong>for</strong> more than 100,000 <strong>children</strong>, <strong>young</strong> people <strong>and</strong> their families.<br />

Case supervisor<br />

The case supervisor within an establishment is usually responsible <strong>for</strong> the delivery <strong>and</strong><br />

implementation <strong>of</strong> a <strong>young</strong> person’s training plan by working closely with the <strong>young</strong> person,<br />

youth <strong>of</strong>fending team case manager <strong>and</strong> other relevant people.<br />

Connexions Direct<br />

Connexions is a government initiative that provides in<strong>for</strong>mation, advice <strong>and</strong> support to <strong>young</strong><br />

people between the ages <strong>of</strong> 13 <strong>and</strong> 19 on a range <strong>of</strong> issues, including career planning,<br />

education, training <strong>and</strong> employment 1 .<br />

Detention <strong>and</strong> training order (DTO)<br />

A DTO is a custodial sentence. The length <strong>of</strong> the sentence can be between four months <strong>and</strong><br />

two years. The first half <strong>of</strong> the sentence is spent in custody while the second half is spent in<br />

the community under the supervision <strong>of</strong> the youth <strong>of</strong>fending team (YOT) 2 .<br />

Early release<br />

Young people on DTOs lasting between eight <strong>and</strong> 24 months can be released one or two<br />

months early on an electronic tag. Young people convicted <strong>of</strong> certain <strong>of</strong>fences are excluded<br />

but otherwise presumption is in favour <strong>of</strong> early release unless there are good reasons not to.<br />

For those serving determinate sentences <strong>of</strong> three months <strong>and</strong> less than four years, other than<br />

DTOs, home detention curfew (HDC) may be available 3 .<br />

ETE<br />

Education, training <strong>and</strong> employment.<br />

Family support/liaison worker<br />

Some YOTs <strong>and</strong> establishments have a family support/liaison <strong>of</strong>ficer whose role is to support<br />

<strong>and</strong> develop family relationships.<br />

In<strong>for</strong>mation, advice <strong>and</strong> guidance (IAG)<br />

Some establishments have IAG workers who will provide <strong>young</strong> people with advice <strong>and</strong><br />

guidance on ETE.<br />

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