Youth offending teams, young people and accommodation - Nacro

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Youth offending teams, young people and accommodation Contents 1 Introduction page 1 2 Methodology page 1 3 Accommodation officer page 2 4 Accommodation strategies page 8 5 Funding for accommodation initiatives page 10 6 Accommodation page 11 7 Priority given to accommodation issues in the area page 17 8 Liaison with accommodation providers page 18 9 Summary and recommendations page 25 10 Appendix 1: Accommodation questionnaire page30 11 Appendix 2: List of respondents to survey page 35 Nacro Cymru Youth Offending Unit c/o Neath Port Talbot Youth Offending Team Cramic Way Port Talbot SA13 1RU Telephone 07968 315072 www.nacro.org.uk 2005 Nacro is a registered charity Registered no. 226171 Registered office 169 Clapham Road London SW9 0PU Nacro is very grateful to everyone who appears in the photos. Photos by www.stuartrayner.com
1. Introduction 1 Nacro Cymru Youth Offending Unit Report As part of its work programme with the Welsh Assembly Government, Nacro Cymru has examined a number of issues in respect of the housing needs of young people who offend to assist the Welsh Assembly Government to meet the strategic targets identified in the All Wales Youth Offending Strategy: � To evaluate the extent to which the needs of young offenders have been addressed within the local homelessness strategies (March 2005) � To assess the extent to which the needs of young people are addressed in the Supporting People Operational Plans (March 2005) � To advise the Youth Justice Board and Yots on the setting of appropriate targets for all young offenders released from custody into arranged and suitable accommodation (March 2005) � To ensure through the Youth Justice Board and local authorities that all Yots are working to identify the housing needs of young offenders in their areas and to ensure that this informs the contribution and involvement with local homelessness and supporting people planning processes (March 2005) 2. Methodology In order to undertake this work Nacro Cymru has surveyed youth offending teams (Yots) in Wales, to establish: � How the role of the accommodation officer in Yots is being fulfilled � Whether Yots have an accommodation strategy � Whether Yots have received any funding to develop accommodation initiatives � What provision exits in each area and whether it meets young peoples needs � The level of involvement by Yots in planning groups relating to Supporting People, in contributing to Local Authority homelessness strategies and involvement in any other accommodation forums. In order to complete this aspect of the research each Yot in Wales has been visited and a questionnaire completed with them. This is attached as appendix one and those who participated in the research are contained in appendix two. In conjunction with the survey, the accommodation status and needs of all young people who were sentenced to custody in 2004 are also being examined to identify what proportion had specific issues in relation to accommodation or housing, what they were, whether they were highlighted in planning processes and what happened on release. This will be the subject of a separate report.
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