Youth Justice supervised orders assessment and planning meetings

Case practitioner tasks

• Advise your supervisor that the child or young person is being assessed for, or is subject to, a youth control order or a youth supervision and support order and the date of the Youth Justice planning meeting.
• 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.
• If required, make arrangements with Youth Justice to assist the child or young person to attend the YJ planning meeting. Support the child/young person to understand what is being discussed at the meeting and any proposed recommendations including assessments that will be put before the Court.  
• Provide Youth Justice with information relevant to the monthly judicial report in a timely matter.
• If requested by Youth Justice or directed by Court, attend the Youth Justice planning meeting. 
  • 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.
• If previously agreed, transport the child to and from the Court.
• Advise your team manager of the outcome of the assessment. 
• Advise the youth justice worker if the child breaches a condition of the youth control order. Record the breach in CRIS.
• Advise your team manager of the outcome of the planning meeting. 
• 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.
• Identify and brief an alternate practitioner who can provide case support, including attending meetings at court if required, if case manager is unable to attend.

Team manager / practice leader tasks

• Provide support to staff regarding youth control order processes.
• Attend planning meetings where required.  

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