Youth inclusion and support panel

Lambeth Youth Inclusion Support Panel (YISP) is a multi-agency planning groups that seek to prevent offending and anti-social behaviour by offering support services to high-risk 8-13 year olds and their families in Lambeth.

What does the Youth Inclusion and Support Panel do?

Lambeth YISP is made up of a number of representatives of different agencies (e.g. education, police, social services, youth services, mental health and drugs services). The main emphasis of Lambeth YISP’s work is ensuring that children and their families receive, at the earliest possible opportunity, mainstream public services together with complimentary interventions from voluntary and community groups, as appropriate to meet their needs.

Lambeth YISP can offer early intervention programmes based on assessed risk and need. Parenting support is offered as part of a range of tailored interventions.

The work of Lambeth YISP will operate within a broader strategy for preventing offending and anti-social behaviour by children locally, including the use of Acceptable Behaviour Contracts and Anti-Social Behaviour Orders.

Lambeth YISP has been established to help the Youth Offending Service achieve its corporate target of setting up evidence-based programmes that reduce the likelihood of targeted young people committing offences or anti-social behaviour. The Children’s Fund monies allocated to youth crime prevention fund some of these programmes.

Objectives

The objectives of the YISP are to:

• Prevent children referred to the YISP from becoming involved or further involved in offending and anti-social behaviour.
• Reduce the risk factors and increase the protective factors of children who are involved or at risk of becoming further involved in offending and anti-social behaviour.
• Ensure that children assessed as high risk by the YISP are in full-time education.

The YISP Target Group

The YISP prioritises children who:

• Are not offending but involved in anti-social behaviour.
• Are offending but not known to the police or Criminal Justice System.
• Have received a police reprimand and are identified as being at high risk of re-offending.

Those children who are further involved in the Criminal Justice System will not be prioritised by Lambeth YISP as they will be receiving support from other areas of the Youth Offending Service.

What support can the child and family expect?

The YISP aims to work with children to turn these negative experiences into positives by offering packages of support such as:

• After-school clubs
• One-To-One Mentoring
• Family Support
• Domestic Violence Outreach Service
• Family Counselling
• Drama Clubs
• Sports Activities
• Health Advice
• Youth Projects
• School Holiday Activities
• School Transitions Project
• Assistance to And from activities
• Personal Development Programmes