Early Intervention: Acting Early to Prevent a Life of Crime
Date: Wednesday, 22nd September 2010
Time: 10.30am – 3.15pm (including networking lunch)
Venue: Westminster
Cost: £225 per place or £175 for two or more places
“We can’t just stand by for fear of looking judgemental and we can’t pretend that our other family friendly policies are enough here. It is our duty to meet the urgency of these cases with active intervention.”
Rt Hon David Cameron MP, Prime Minister, January 2010
The Context
Many of the biggest problems affecting UK society are ones that become ingrained in childhood. It is increasingly recognised that one of the more sensible ways to tackle crime, like a number of other social problems, is to ‘intervene early’ with children at risk. By supporting these vulnerable children, their families and their community we can help prevent them becoming trapped in a cycle of deprivation and crime. Government action so far has resulted in a number of policies, actions and schemes in this direction. Have these measures gone far enough though and what more can the new Government do to improve interventions before it is too late?
Confirmed Speakers Include:
- Assistant Commissioner Ian McPherson, Met Police & ACPO Children and Young People Lead
- Bob Ashford, Director of Strategy, Youth Justice Board
- Gavin Poole, Executive Director, Centre for Social Justice
- Graham Allen, MP for Nottingham North
- Gracia McGrath, Chief Executive, Chance UK
- Nigel Boulton, Superintendent, Devon and Cornwall Police
- Pip O’Byrne, Chair, 4Children
The Issues
Engaging with the panel, key issues to be addressed at this Policy and Practice Briefing include:
- Government plans to tackle youth crime and its underlying causes
- Expanding, improving and mainstreaming early intervention
- Providing children at risk of offending with alternatives to a life of crime
- Linking the actions of local authority, health and criminal justice agencies in a more coherent manner
- Improving information sharing and implementing a workable referral system
- Funding and resources in a time of economic hardship
- The innovative approach taken in Nottingham, the UK’s first ‘Early Intervention City’
- Chance UK’s mentoring work
- Sharing and discussing other case study examples
The Event
The morning policy session will focus on current and future government actions to help improve and expand early intervention services and procedures. The afternoon policy into practice session will be highly interactive, allowing participants to engage with the panel in discussing the work being carried out in Nottingham, the UK’s first Early Intervention City, Chance UK’s mentoring services and by Devon and Cornwall Police.
Who Should Attend?
Delegates will be drawn from all those coming into contact with children and young people at risk of offending, including; local authorities; YOTs; police; Safer Schools Partnerships; FIPS; Children’s Trusts; community safety teams; LSCBs; social services; YIPs; YISPs; ASB officers; Local Strategic Partnerships; probation services; central government departments & bodies; academia and voluntary sectors.
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