It has since been announced that a collective funding agreement between local authorities will secure the posts for a further year while an alternative solution is worked out.
This follows Youth Justice Board funding for a number of social work posts within YOIs to support local authorities to fulfil their statutory duties to children in custody, brought in on a temporary basis in 2005. Prior to this, it had been widely recognised that vulnerable children were liable to "fall through the net" between the criminal justice system and local authorities, resulting in high levels of unmet needs. In order to inform decisions about the future of the posts, NCB was commissioned to undertake an evaluation. This was carried out by research staff, supported by Di Hart from NCB's social inclusion department. Data was collected from 13 YOIs, which included interviews with young people, social workers, YOI staff and other professionals in local authorities and youth offending teams.
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