Event Summary

Westminster Insight’s Conference comes at a pivotal moment for youth justice, as major reforms are set to reshape how children are supported, diverted and held accountable.

Delegates will gain a clear understanding of the Government’s key priorities for transforming youth justice including proposals set out in the Youth Justice White Paper and the evolving role and responsibilities of the Ministry of Justice and Youth Justice Board.  

Explore how funding, performance frameworks and oversight are changing and how a new partnership between national government and local youth justice services will provide greater local autonomy, clearer accountability and a shift from compliance to continuous improvement.

Hear updates from the review into improving the function and purpose of criminal courts for child defendants and whether the current children’s sentencing framework is still fit for purpose. Including what the proposed Youth Intervention Court model will look like.

With the Government proposing a 25% reduction in custodial remand and an additional £5m for regional remand partnerships, delegates will hear about practical models for strengthening community alternatives. 

With a strong focus on preventing children from entering the youth justice system, best practice will be shared from diversion approaches that are reducing offending including Turnaround, Young Futures Hubs and the new Youth Out-of-Court Resolution Framework.

Delegates will also explore how to identify and redress disproportionate justice outcomes for overrepresented cohorts of children within the youth justice system, including BAME children, neurodivergent youth, children in care and those from deprived backgrounds.

With a Youth Custody Transformation Plan on the horizon, attend to hear the long-term vision for a safer secure system which rehabilitates children, and what implications this has for workforce, estates and funding.

Key Points

  • Hear the Government’s priorities for youth justice reform and the changing roles of the MoJ and YJB
  • Learn how funding, performance and oversight reforms will give local services greater autonomy and clearer accountability
  • Explore how to improve criminal courts and children’s sentencing, including the new Youth Intervention Court model
  • Discover practical approaches to reducing custodial remand by increasing specialist placements, mentoring, education and family support
  • Benefit from effective diversion approaches, including Turnaround, Young Futures Hubs and the new Youth Out-of-Court Resolution Framework
  • Get to grips with how services can tackle disproportionate outcomes and deliver more equitable, consistent support for children
  • Understand the emerging vision for youth custody transformation and what it means for the future workforce, estate, rehabilitation and funding

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