Issue - meetings

To receive the report on Children in Care at Risk of Offending and Custody from the Head of Service, Dorset Combined Youth Justice Service

Head of Service, Dorset Combined Youth Justice Service presented the report and framed the considerations that are considered with the over representation of Children in care in the justice system.

The Committee had a discussion that covered a few areas of consideration

·       The prevalence of Speech and Language needs being unidentified until engagement with the youth justice system.

·       The role of the Harbours service.

·       The correlation between serious absence and the value in tracking young peoples journey