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Cheshire youth justice service awarded highest ever joint inspection score

1 min read Youth Justice
Cheshire’s youth justice service (YJS) has been awarded the highest recorded inspection score in a joint inspection by probation, police, social care, education and health inspectorates to date.
Cheshire YJS has been praised over its work preventing reoffending. Picture: Adobe Stock
Cheshire YJS has been praised over its work preventing reoffending. Picture: Adobe Stock

Joint inspections carried out by multi-agency partners and led by HMI Probation, were launched in 2018, and assess youth justice services in three key areas: organisational delivery, the quality of the management of children on a court order and that of children subject to out-of-court disposals.

An inspection carried out remotely in July 2021 saw Cheshire’s YJS rated “good” overall by inspectors and awarded a score of 26/36 with areas including leadership, joint working and the management of out-of-court disposals deemed to be “outstanding”.

Justin Russell, chief inspector of probation, said: “Cheshire YJS has much to be proud of, having achieved the highest score of any of our joint inspections undertaken with colleagues from the police, social care, education and health sector to date.

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