Care Leavers and the New Offender Management System
| Author | Paul Senior |
| Pages | 195-198 |
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THOUGHT PIECE
'Thought Pieces' are papers which draw on the author's personal knowledge and
experience to offer stimulating and thought provoking ideas relevant to the aims of the
Journal. The ideas are located in an academic, research, and/or practice context and all
papers are peer reviewed. Responses to them should be submitted to the Journal in the
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CARELEAVERSANDTHENEWOFFENDER
MANAGEMENTSYSTEM
JonathanEvans,SeniorLecturer,Centre for Criminology,UniversityofSouthWales
JonathanEvansis a qualifiedsocialworkerwithexperienceofcommunitydevelopment,
youthjustice,probationandfamilycourtwelfare.Heworkedasboth a practitionerand
middlemanager.Currently a SeniorLecturerattheCentreforCriminologyin the University
ofSouthWales,heisalso a WelshLabour & Co-operativePartycouncilloronCardiff
CountyCouncilwherehechairs the CorporateParentingPanel.
Puttingtoonesidetheethicsandwiderpotentialrisksofreconfiguringthemixed
economyofwelfareandpunishmentinfavourofthemarket,thispieceseekstohighlight
someofthechallengesthatyoungpeoplewillcontinuetoexperienceastheytransitionto
independentlivingfromtheLookedAftersystem.Forsometheseobstacleswillincrease
thelikelihoodoftheirentryintotheadultcriminaljusticesystem.
ThefirstNewLabourgovernment’sChildren(LeavingCare)Act2000represented a serious
attempttorespondtothewelldocumentedgapsinincomemaintenanceandservice
provision (Goddard,2001)deliveredtocareleavers.Hitherto,thesupportivemeasures
thathad,forexample,beencontainedinSection24oftheChildrenAct1989were
bestowedonlocalauthoritiesonlyas‘powers’ratherthan‘duties’.Thenewstatute,
however, placedresponsibilityonthelocalauthoritytoputinplace a PathwayPlanand
appoint a PersonalAdvisortohelptheyoungpersonnavigatetheirtransitionfrompublic
caretoindependentliving.Thisincludedadvice,guidanceandsupportinsuchareas as
accommodation,health,education,trainingandemployment;butalsoinvolvedattention
tosuchissuesasemotionalstabilityandself-esteem.Thisserviceisinplaceuntilatleast
theageof21yearsand,insomecases,longer(24/5years).Although youngpeople
BritishJournalofCommunityJustice
©2013 SheffieldHallamUniversity,Sheffield
ISSN 1475-0279
Vol. 11(2-3): 195-198
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