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The Angus Youth Justice Strategy 2009-2012

The Angus Youth Justice Strategy involves a number of key partners planning both joint and joined-up services to challenge and engage youth offending and anti-social behaviour in Angus.

The strategy is made up of four components within which specific services operate. These components relate to the risk of the young person re offending. The higher the risk the more intensive the supports provided to the young person. As needs and risks reduce so is the level of involvement from the agencies. It is an integrated approach with each component connected to the other, which allows for a young person's smooth transition up and down the continuum as his or her needs change.

Tier/Level of Risk Primary Service Provider
Tier 1 - Minimum Risk Local Multi Agency Resource Teams (LMARTs)
Tier 2 - Low Risk Angus Restorative Justice Service
Tier 3 - Medium Risk Social Work Community Support Services
Tier 4 - High Risk Youth Justice Team

Angus Youth Justice Triangle
Angus Youth Justice Triangle

The Angus Youth Justice Forum is a multi-agency partnership which meets on a quarterly basis to plan and co-ordinate Youth Justice services within Angus.

The Angus Youth Justice Forum sits within the revised Angus Children's Services Structure which was launched on 1 April 2008, and reports directly to the Children's Services Quality Improvement and Performance Management Group (see page 3 of the Angus Youth Justice Strategy 2009-2012 (1.4 MB PDF) for this structure).

Membership of this partnership includes:

A number of sub groups of the Youth Justice Forum meet on a regular basis, these include:

The work of the forum is supported by a multi-agency youth justice co-ordinator. This post contributes to a number of cross cutting groups whose themes link to the work of youth justice, these include:

The Youth Justice Co-ordinator is also represented on the National Youth Justice Co-ordinators Group, and is also called to sit on review groups locally, most recently the Joint Review of Behavioural Management in Schools Group.

For more information, please contact:

Fergus Storrier, Youth Justice Co-ordinator (Children's Services)
Joint Strategic Support Unit, St Margaret's House, Orchard Loan,
Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar DD8 1WS.
Tel: (01307) 474870 Fax: (01307) 474899
Email: tpstorrierf@angus.gsx.gov.uk