Improving outcomes
for young people
Jamie Callaghan & Fiona Muir
Community Justice
About Us
Glasgow Community and Safety Services Ltd is an
organisation with charitable status which aims to
prevent crime, tackle antisocial behaviour and promote
community safety.
We are jointly owned by Police Scotland and
Glasgow City Council.
Mission Statement
To improve the quality of life in Glasgow’s diverse
communities, using innovative solutions and strong
partnerships to reduce crime and antisocial behaviour,
while supporting residents to take an active role
in their communities.
Our Services
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Our Services
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Role of the Greater Glasgow Hub (Covers East Renfrewshire, Greater Glasgow and East
Dunbartonshire)
SCREENING
All crime reports for young people under 18 are screened via Crime Management
Screening checks carried out – FPU, Criminal History, Child Protection.
Consideration given to type and gravity of offence, admission of guilt and familial
support of police action.
OPTIONS
Formal Police Warning, EEI or a case to SCRA.
EEI
Reporting officers are requested to update CR’s with child offender background
details plus anything else of importance.
Referrals made to Co-ordinator’s queue.
Once the MAG referral list is distributed, more in depth screening including
intelligence checks, calls logged to offenders home address, reoffending between
offence and date of meeting.
Attendance at MAG meetings
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EARLY AND EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION
REFERRAL SOURCE
• Police Scotland crime Management system, young people 8 - 17
low level of offending
INTERVENTIONS
•Collate referrals from Crime management systems EEI specific queues
•Screening decisions – Warning Letter, NFA, ESAR refer to Multi Agency Group
•Decisions made as a result of information obtained from partners at screening
using SHANARRI indicators to evidence decision.
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MULTI AGENCY GROUPS
•Glasgow has 3 strategic planning areas / EEI MAG’s replicate
this geographic split
• North West
• North East
• South
•Each area has its own dedicated EEI Coordinator
•Meetings take place on a fortnightly basis with locality based personnel
from partner agencies
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MULTI AGENCY APPROACH
•Glasgow Life – Leisure Facilities throughout the city as well as Youth Work
Provision, Community Learning, Joint Interventions
•Social Work – Further intervention with ongoing cases, home visits to assess risk
and needs of young people and their families.
•Community Safety Glasgow – Coordination of process , facilitation of MAG’s,
Mobile Resources, ASB team, links to RSL’s etc.
•Education – in school processes, partnership programmes, Joint Interventions
•Community Justice Intervention team (CSG) - Restorative Interventions, Young
Persons Alcohol Intervention, One to One , Joint interventions.
•Health Improvement Team - Anger Management, Youth Counselling,
Sexual Health.
•Glasgow Council on Alcohol
•Fire & Rescue Scotland - Specific Restorative interventions around
fire-raising, RTA’s etc.
•Third Sector - Barnardo’s Youth Involvement, Fairbridge, YCSA, Y Networks.
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QUARTERLY AND ANNUAL TOTALS FOR EEI REFERRALS
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Total
2011/2012
222
190
141
168
721
2012/2013
227
186
156
203
772
2013/2014
299
233
174
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CHALLENGES AND DEVELOPMENTS
•Minimum Standards
•Awareness raising
• Police
• Education Social work
• Third Sector
• Young people
•Involving young people in the process
•Children and Young Persons Bill
• Role of the Named person / Lead professional
• Non term time
• Non engaging young people
• 16 / 17 year old not in Education
•Police VPU System.
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CHALLENGES AND DEVELOPMENTS
Quarterly meeting between CSG, SCRA and Greater Glasgow Referrals Hub to
ensure quality control of cases.
•Table top exercises
•Process development
•Establish a two way referral process with SCRA whereby if a case that is sent to
•SCRA is to be NFA’d the referral can be made to EEI for screening or discussion at
Multi Agency Meeting
The introduction of the Vulnerable Persons Database
•Do EEI Coordinators get access?
•How will this change internal process?
•Information Security among partners?
•Training?
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CHALLENGES AND DEVELOPMENTS
GIRFEC and Role of the named person
•How will this impact on EEI processes?
•How will information be fed to and from named person?
•How does this two-way information process happen when schools
are out of term?
•Attendance from partners at education would need to be more consistent (Currently
pastoral care teacher attend MAG’s if and when they can)
•Will there be training and/or briefings to inform partners of the procedural changes
as a result of the legislation