Information Sharing
Model Protocol referral to YOT
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These pages are due to be updated. More up to date information on information sharing can be found in 'Delivering Community Safety - A guide to effective partnership working' and the Information Commissioners Code of Practice on Information Sharing.
Referral
Each agency needs to determine the circumstances in which a young person will be referred to the Youth Offending Team¹.
Each agency needs to identify the categories of information that they may need to disclose to the Youth Offending Team during a referral²:
INFORMATION REQUIRED | REASONS WHY INFORMATION REQUIRED | POSSIBLE SOURCES OF INFORMATION |
DETAILS OF CHILD/YOUNG PERSONS |
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Name, address, gender, ethnicity, date of birth | Contact purposes and to ensure accurate monitoring of those involved in the criminal justice system | 1. child/young person 2. family 3. police referral to the YOT |
Offending history of child/young person | 1. assessment of their offending behaviour and the degree of risk they may present to the public | 4. police 5. Crown Prosecution Service 6. YOT Information Systems |
FAMILY SITUATION |
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Child/young person known to Social Services as: 1. child in need 2. looked after child 3. on the child protection register and whether service is being provided currently | 1. assessment of risk and protective factors 2. enable liaison/joint planning with allocated Social Worker | 1. child/young person 2. family 3. Social Services – case files and computer records |
¹ Second Data Protection Principle
² See footnote 1 above
<Date modified: July 2003
Review date: February 2004
Originator: Home Office Information Sharing Te
Last update: Friday, January 09, 2009