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Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme (ISSP)

Review by the Youth Justice Board

Kent and Medway Intensive Surveillance and Supervision Programme has recently been reviewed by the Youth Justice Board's Practice Improvement Consultants.

The review took place over three days in May. The first day was spent reviewing client files. The second and third days were spent discussing the scheme with the Team Leader and then meeting representatives from all the organisations and parties that come into contact with the scheme. These included the young people themselves and their parents, workers from the Youth Offending Teams who refer young people to ISSP, the Heads of Kent and Medway Youth Offending Services, the Police, Magistrates as well as the ISSP staff themselves.

The draft review found that the scheme was classed as 'good', and made special note of the excellent relationship between the ISSP scheme and the Youth Offending Teams with whom it works. It also noted that the evaluation tool that Kent and Medway have devised to monitor the success of the scheme was very good. See ISSP Evaluation and Success for further information.

The ISSP team will meet with the YJB once the review report has been approved. The meeting will be to discuss the report and to prepare an action plan to address any areas in which improvements can be made.