Children & Young People's Services Resource guide for professionals

Units will be based in the new Young Hackney Centres and at other venues in the community, where theywill work closely with schools and other universal services. Staff at each of the four neighbourhood centres,linked to the central hub at Forest Road, will work to develop partnership arrangements with other youthproviders to ensure a local youth offer that is:• diverse• meeting the full spectrum of young people’s needs• available at times when young people want to access services.• PartnershipsThe nature of partnerships with other agencies will vary according to circumstances on the ground, buttypically could involve a mix of shared delivery, signposting, and hosting for non-Council providers, deliveringservices from a Young Hackney Centre (as has happened at Young Hackney Stoke Newington).To this end, Young Hackney Units work with other Children and Young People’s Services and other key partnerssuch as• the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)• the Integrated Gangs Unit• Metropolitan Police• Probation Services• voluntary and community sector providers• education, training and employment services.Youth JusticeAll the Youth Offending Team (YOT) responsibilities and duties detailed under the 1998 Crime and DisorderAct and subesequent relevant legislation are met by Young Hackney. These include :-• Activities and interventions designed to prevent children and young people becoming involved in offending oranti-social behaviour.• Supporting children, young people and families when appearing at Stratford Youth Court.• Intervening when young people are remanded either on bail or in custody.• Writing Pre-sentence reports.• Supervising and supporting children and young people who are made subject to Community sentences.• Supervising and supporting children and young people who recieve custodial sentences both in custody and ontheir release.• Assessing both the vulnerability and the risks presented by young people who offend.• Supporting the victims of youth crime.• Education, training and employment services.Some Young Hackney Units are assigned specific functions delivering family, court, partnership triage, custodytriage and resettlement work. There are also specialist Young Hackney Units based in Primary Schools wherethey provide a range of services and activities for children and their families.Young Hackney Substance Misuse ServiceThe Young Hackney Substance Misuse Service delivers a range of support for children, young people andprofessionals around substance misuse, including education and outreach, group work; work with policy makersand training for professionals.The service works with children and young people up to 19 years old, delivering 1:1 case work interventionsfrom early prevention through to complex clinical work. For referrals or a discussion email: grp.hackney-yh@hackney.gov.uk.cjsm.net or call 020 8356 6383.42Resource Guide for professionals | Updated January 2013