Transitional Shared Service - Youth Offending Team
Meeting: 24/02/2012 - Shared Services Joint Committee (Item 34)
34 Transitional Shared Service - Youth Offending Team 
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To consider an extension of this shared service until 30 September 2012.
Minutes:
Consideration was given to a report which sought approval for the extension of the transitional Youth Offending Shared Service.
The Youth Offending Service had been designated a transitional shared service to ensure that a strategic review was undertaken and the most appropriate long-term model introduced. This work was completed by the Youth Justice Board in March 2011 and the recommendation was for the current arrangement to continue. Two previous extensions had been agreed by the Joint Committee.
Work to identify an appropriate long-term model had progressed in accordance with the terms of reference agreed by the Joint Officer Board, with both Cheshire East and Cheshire West & Chester client managers completing an initial analysis of their long term requirements of the service. During the second phase of the review, to determine whether the current sharing arrangements could and should satisfy these requirements, an approach was received from the Cheshire Sub-Region Leadership Team requesting that options for a potential pan-Cheshire Youth Offending Service be explored.
This aspect of the review had now been completed and it had concluded that a pan-Cheshire Youth Offending Service be implemented. Cheshire West & Chester were minded to support this recommendation and join up with the Warrington and Halton Youth Offending Service whilst Cheshire East Council did not believe that this provided the best option for their service users moving forward. It had, therefore, been agreed that current sharing arrangements between the two authorities be dissolved in favour of pursuing alternative service delivery arrangements.
The current arrangement between Cheshire East and Cheshire West & Chester was due to terminate on 30 March 2012. However, a further extension up until 30 September 2012 was sough to ensure that a comprehensive transfer plan could be agreed and implemented by the two Councils.
RESOLVED:
That an extension of the transitional Youth Offending Shared Service until 30 September 2012 to allow Cheshire West and Chester Council to review activity in order to inform future delivery be approved.