General Information

The Moray Youth Justice Team works with young offenders aged 8-18 years. The work is heavily prescribed by the requirements of the Scottish Executive Youth Justice Improvement Programme.

The key objectives are to reduce youth offending, particularly persistent offending and so reduce the impact on communities in Moray.

The service utilises a variety of intervention techniques including restorative justice, antisocial behaviour contracts and parenting programmes.

The team is also participating in intensive support and mentoring in the children's hearing system.

Our key partners include area social work teams, the police, education and the voluntary sector. The service is Moray wide.

Moray Youth Justice Remit

• To deliver and develop the statutory Youth Justice interventions
• To record and evaluate service delivery
• To liaise with the Youth Justice Strategy Group and Scottish Government in the implementation of procedure and guidance
• To undertake the management of finances and resources including training and support

Referral Process

Young people are referred to Moray Youth Justice via the Children’s Reporter and the Young Offenders Review Group.

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Staff Team

1 Manager
1 Senior Social Worker
2 Social Workers – 1 post unfilled
5 Project Workers – 1 a one year post
1 ISMS funded Project Worker
1 Administrator

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We support young people to become involved with the Duke of Edinburgh Award Service, ASDAN and Careers Scotland.

Moray Youth Justice works in partnership with NCH, Aberlour Child Care Trust, Anti Social Behaviour Unit, Drug and Alcohol Team, Health Promotions, Community Safety Partnership, Moray Parenting Partnership, Grampian Police Youth Justice Management Unit and Outfit Moray. 

We co-work and jointly work with Children and families, Through Care and After Care Team, Criminal Justice Social Work Service and Education.  We have close working relationship with Secure Units and SERCO.

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Underpinning Structure

• Agreed Assessment Tools
• Involve those harmed
• Specific levels of intervention

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Structured assessments and interventions are undertaken by Moray Youth Justice:

ASSET – risk of re-offending

SAVRY – Assessment of Violence

AIM – Interpersonal/sexual behaviours

Realist Measures – self reports of values and attitudes

Time to Grow – Programme of intervention and exercises to develop resilience in young people

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Parenting Interventions

The programmes adopted in Moray (ESCAPE and PARALLEL LINES) have been recommended following national evaluation by Aberlour Child Care Trust.  In Moray they were evaluated by self reporting studies involving those participating.

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Restorative Interventions

Cases are recorded and outcomes evaluated by computer network managed by Scottish Government which commenced mid 2007.

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Monitoring and Evaluation

Grampian Police Youth Justice Management Unit’s Moray Team collate all the information regarding youth crime in Moray.  Monthly multi-agency meetings review data, cases and trends.  The offending patterns of those young people worked with are monitored for two years after intervention.

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Contact Details

If you would like further information please contact:

Youth Justice
31 Clifton Road,
Lossiemouth
Tel: 01343 811134
Fax: 01343 815113
Email: youthjustice@moray.gov.uk

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