The 16 board members will be allocated a persistent young offender who is over the statutory school-leaving age, and asked to help get them back into education, training or employment. They will not meet the young offenders, but will work with staff that have contact with them, and do what they can to help.
Paul Fallon, head of the children and families service, and director of social services in Barnet, said: "We get a quarterly traffic light rating from the Youth Justice Board. The one we can't shift off the red is the percentage of persistent offenders who are not in education, training or employment. This scheme seems to have worked well for looked-after children currently in education, so we thought we could see if it works with young offenders."
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