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Topic title | Youth Offenders (2014) |
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Topic owner | Irene Kakoullis |
Topic author(s) | Sophie Edwards |
Topic quality reviewed | May 2014 |
Topic endorsed by | CYP JSNA Steering Group |
Topic approved by | Children’s Trust Board on 4th September 2014 |
Current version | 4th September 2014 |
Replaces version | 29th August 2014 |
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Young people aged 10-17 who find themselves in contact with the Youth Justice Service (YJS) and accessing Youth Offending Services are known to experience poorer health and consequent increased complex health needs than young people in the wider non-offending population. Their health needs are often missed at an earlier stage, despite many of these young people being known to children’s social care, and despite a sharp incline in offending behaviour during adolescence, health services and criminal justice responses often fail to reflect these changes (The Bradley Commission, 2014). With far more unmet needs, often compounded by a range of entrenched difficulties including school exclusion, social exclusion and unstable living conditions (DH, 2009a), offenders and reoffenders are at greater risk of not achieving good health outcomes and future economic stability. Poor self-reported health, low body mass index, and mental health disorder co-morbidities are much more common amongst this cohort, and medical interventions are vital to mitigate against worsening health outcomes.
This needs assessment considers the health and wellbeing of children and young people (CYP) who have come into contact with Nottinghamshire County Council’s (NCC) YJS and local Youth Offending Teams (YOT), focusing on both the health needs of this cohort and targeted health service provision for those CYP who are on community-based orders in Nottinghamshire. This chapter endeavours to establish if provision of community health services across Nottinghamshire are sufficient to meet the health needs of this group; the chapter excludes an evaluation of custodial health provision.
Sophie Edwards, JSNA author sophie.edwards@nottscc.gov.uk
Irene Kakoullis – Senior Public Health and Commissioning Manager irene.kakoullis@nottscc.gov.uk
Maria Craig, Clinical Nurse Specialist marie.craig@nottscc.gov.uk
Samantha Sykes, Head2Head samantha.sykes@nottshc.nhs.uk
Denis McCarthy, SMS operations manager denis.mccarthy@nottscc.gov.uk
Melanie Craven, Youth Justice Information Officer melanie.craven@nottscc.gov.uk
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