Tier 4 CAMHS:
Criminal Justice Pathfinder Team
Richard Deehan - Clinical Nurse Specialist
Michael Taylor - Community Mental Health Nurse,
Acting Team Manager
Michelle Richardson-Christie - Higher Assistant
Psychologist
01642-927188
What we do
 Reduce the use of custody and encourage better use
of prevention activities and robust alternatives to
custody that may provide better outcomes for young
people.
 The key aims are to:
 Reduce the use of youth custody, in order to contribute to savings
across the youth secure estate.
 Improve outcomes for young people who offend.
 Strengthen the local authority’s accountability for young people in
custody and the contributions that the authority makes to preventing
offending and reducing reoffending.
Referrals
Entry Points
Referrals & Assessment
 Custody Suite / CJLS (adult  Referrals are taken via
MH)
G02-06 system and
screened/prioritised
 G 02-06
 South Tees Youth
Offending Service
 Cleveland Police and South
Tees Youth Offending
Service in agreement with
the referral process
 Assessment/screening
tools completed
What we offer
 A full social and mental health screening and
wellbeing assessment, which may take place whilst
the young person is in the community in various
locations, including home, health centres, and
youth services.
 Consideration is given to risk taking behaviour and
vulnerability factors of a young person who may
come into contact with the Criminal Justice System.
What we offer
 We help to gain access to specialist services that
can provide the right kind of help that a young
person may need and identify areas of concern
where our service can provide support.
 We aim to reduce the risk of future offending and
avoid future harm, by tackling problems that may
lead young people to encounter difficulties with the
law.
 Liaison with South Tees YOS and Tier 2/Tier 3
CAMHS.
How Does it Work?
 Built on already firmly established relationships/
Protocols with partner agencies:
 Social care
 Police
 Housing
 YP drugs & alcohol services, etc.
 Adult CJLS
 Service Level Agreement with South Tees Youth
Offending Service since 2004.
 Health Professional Role
Why it Works . . .
 The bringing together of already established multiagency teams;
 Specialist CAMHS - Adolescent Forensic Service (AFS)
 South Tees Youth Offending Service
 Effective protocols
 Flexible working
 Not being tied to specific roles
 Responsive
 To all levels of offending not just first time entrants
Pathfinder Team Referrals
Month
Referrals
Screened
Completed
Assessment
Liaison
Jan – May 2013
351
20 (5.69%)
90 (25.64%)
July – Dec 2012
489
26 (5.31%)
103( 21.06%)
Jan – June 2012
610
43 (7.09%)
129 (21.14%)
July – Dec 2011
646
13 (2.0%)
106 (16.40%)
Jan – June 2011
810
14 (1.73%)
105 (12.96%)
July – Dec 2010
785
33 (4.20%)
116 (14.77%)
Mar – June 2010
648
26 (4.01%)
90 (13.8%)
Total
4339
175 (4.03%)
739 (17.03%)
Early
Intervention
Pathfinder
Service
Partners in
Parenting
Court
Integrated Youth
Teams
YOS
Custody Suite
Community Safety
Points of Access, Intervention and Diversion
Secure Estate
Adolescent
Forensic Service
CAMHS
Custody Suite
Pre Offending
8 yrs +
Youth Justice
Liaison &
Diversion
Service