Issue - meetings

Further to Minute 114 (19 March 2013), the Cabinet Member for Crime and Enforcement reported on the cessation of the joint Youth Offending Service (YOS) arrangement with the London Borough of Havering.

The Cabinet Member outlined the reasons for Havering Council wishing to bring its service management back in-house and commended the work of the Barking and Dagenham YOS in helping to bring Havering’s service from a poor inspection rating prior to the merger to a “performing well” judgement.  It was also noted that the Leader of Havering Council had expressed his appreciation of the work of the Barking and Dagenham YOS team.

In response to a the suggestion by the Cabinet Member for Social Care that it would be useful to understand the positives and negatives of the joint working arrangement, the Corporate Director of Adult and Community Services undertook to circulate details of the assessment by the YOS Chief Officers’ Group to Cabinet Members.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Acknowledge the improvements made to Havering Council’s YOS by the joint service, which created a high performing service; and

(ii)  Note the strategic and operational direction of the Barking and Dagenham YOS.