Youth Justice Strategic Plan 2023
Resources and services
The Youth Justice Board has not yet confirmed the financial settlement for 2023/2024. However, working in a challenging financial climate the Gateshead Youth Justice Board will work collaboratively to ensure that service delivery is not compromised and that disadvantaged children are not further marginalized. The budget is split between delivering statutory Youth Justice Services and providing a Prevention offer for young people at risk of offending.
Case Managers provide appropriate adult services Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm, the Emergency Duty Team provide cover for appropriate adult requests outside of these days and times. In addition, for a standby fee, Managers and Case Managers provide weekend and Bank holiday cover for remand courts. There are also a number of volunteers supporting service delivery. The Youth Justice Service is a multi-agency team which is supported through contributions of statutory partners including Police, Probation Service and Health.
Agency | Staffing Costs | Payments in kind | Other delegated funds | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Youth Justice Board | 467,091 | 0 |
| 467,091 |
Local Authority | 433,856 | 142,031 | 45,808 | 621,695 |
Police |
| 116,686 |
| 116,686 |
Police and Crime Commissioner |
|
|
| 0 |
Probation | 5,000 | 43,751 |
| 48,751 |
Health | 61,676 |
|
| 61,676 |
Other | 0 | 0 |
| 0 |
Total | 967,623 | 302,468 | 45,808 | 1,315,899 |
The cost of a custodial remand continues to be a financial risk to the service, Gateshead Youth Justice Service can deliver high quality, intensive bail packages, however if the offence was so serious there may be no alternative to a remand.
Gateshead Youth Justice Service uses the JYB grant, partner contributions and available resources to deliver these services and we believe they produce the following benefits and outcomes. Our performance will be improved in 2023/24 by delivering a greater prevention offer which will impact on the number of young people entering the Youth Justice Service.