Birmingham Youth Justice Service - a guide for professionals

They might have to meet with their Youth Justice Team Officer regularly for a set period, set out by a panel or the court.

If they do, we will create a plan with them about what we will do together.

This could involve meetings with other agencies, or joint meetings. We will share this plan with everyone that is involved.

We will always ask other agencies to meet with us, in a timely manner, once we have a plan in place for the child.

The plan will include goals for:

• How they will keep safe and healthy.
• How they will improve their future opportunities.
• How they will try to make things better for people affected by what happened.
• How they will do positive work in the community.
• How they will reduce potential harm to others through their behaviour.
• How they will try to stop behaviour that could lead to offending.

Every plan has a section for how other people (including agencies) are going to help them achieve their goals.

We invite agencies working with children to support them to achieve their plan.

If you are working with a child (and/or their family) who is involved with the criminal justice system and need advice on how you can work with us, please contact using the details on the following page.