Procedure
Case practitioner tasks
See the Youth Justice Website for more information on Youth Justice orders
- Advise your supervisor that the child or young person is being assessed for suitability and has consented to a youth justice order.
- Provide the Youth Justice case manager with requested information, ensuring that information shared is reasonably necessary for the performance of Youth Justice related functions and that information sharing and privacy obligations are maintained.
- For open cases, Youth Justice should submit information sharing requests via CRIS. The allocated practitioner acts as the primary contact point for Youth Justice. See Information Sharing with Youth Justice – CRIS Guide
- For closed cases, Youth Justice should contact the Information Sharing Team for relevant information about the child or young person.
- Attend a Youth Justice planning meeting if requested by Youth Justice or directed by the Court.
- Take a copy of the child’s current case plan and any other plans e.g. cultural plan or crisis management plan.
- Contribute to the discussion as you would in a care team meeting.
- Do not agree to undertake tasks that sit outside your case management role and function.
- Advise your team manager of the outcome of the assessment.
- Record all decisions and Court outcomes on CRIS, including a case note in CRIS regarding the suitability assessment, the information provided by child protection and any decisions or actions made.
Senior practitioner, tasks
- Provide ongoing supervision and support to the child protection practitioner.
- Advise team manager about the suitability assessment for a Youth Justice order.
Team manager / practice leader tasks
- Provide support to staff regarding the Youth Justice order processes.
- Attend planning meetings where required
Additional information and resources
- Children and Young People involved with Child Protection and Youth Justice - advice
- Children and Young People involved with Child Protection and Youth Justice – Procedure
- Youth Justice supervised orders - assessment and planning meetings
- Information Sharing with Youth Justice – CRIS Guide
- Youth Justice supervised orders - advice
- Youth Justice Website