1. Best Practice for Children in Detention Integrated Model Mary Geaney National Manager /Detention School Services

2. Presentation  Strategic Leadership  Effective Management  Effective Practice  Developments  Vision Best Practice

3. Change Management Change ManagementStrategy Vision Positions Programs ProductsOrganisation Culture Structure Systems People Conceptual Concrete (Mintzberg et al, 2003)

4. Preventative Services Diversion Projects Community Sanctions Detention Universal Services Reintegration Integrated Model Strategic Leadership Youth Justice Continuum

5. Effective Management  Board of Management  Director  Accountability  Efficiencies  On-going Improvements

6. Profile in Detention Schools  2007 54 children detained / average  35% remands; 66% committals  Age range 13 -18  Majority 15 (49%) & 16 years (29%)  Principal offences: Theft (28%), Criminal Damage (20%), Assault (17%)

7. Effective Practice  Physical Environment  Staff  Service Planning & Delivery

8. Physical Environment  Short/Medium Term Planning  Maintenance & Refurbishment  Capital Development Programme  Collaborative & Partnership Model

9. Effective Practice Staff  Competent & Confident  Qualified  CPD  Committed & Flexible

10.  Assessment/Planning/ Intervention & Review  Key Worker  Individual Plans  Child Protection  Anti-Bullying Effective Practice Service Planning & Delivery

11.  Education/Training & Employment  Health care  Recreational Programmes  Family Contact & Mobilities Effective Practice Service Planning & Delivery

12.  Court Sentence  Community Safety  Community Protection Effective Practice Service Planning & Delivery

13. Integrated Model Quantified Staff Multi-disciplinary Eclectic Management Directors Deputy Directors Board of Management Unit Manager Community Accommodation Education Family Training Employment Health Child Risk/ Protective Factors Government Dept. of Environment, Heritage and Local Government Dept. of Justice, Equality and Law Reform Dept. of Education & Science Dept. of Health & Children

14. Development Areas  Strategic - Better Integration of Service  Data Analysis & Programme Planning  Appropriate Resource Allocation  Collective Responsibility  Effective Management – Accountability & Transparency  Focus on Performance/VfM

15.  High Quality APIR – System Wide  Better & Speedier Information Sharing  Continuity & Progression of Service Delivery  Inreach & Outreach Services  Offending Behaviour Programmes  Reintegration Service  Future Proofing e.g. multi-cultural service Development Areas

16. Vision for the Future  Better Aligned Justice/Child Care Policies  Safe/Secure Environment  Child Care Model [10-17 incl.]  Stakeholder Confidence  Rights/Responsibilities Balance  Effective Management & Services