Our Values
Youth Justice Agency’s Values are integral to how we carry out our work to make communities safer. As part of our shared values we will:
- Treat you as individuals
- Focus on your strengths and encourage positivity
- Promote safety; and
- Listen to everyone and everyone will have a voice
We
- Are fair, open and honest
- Are kind, compassionate and trauma aware; and
- Do not judge
These values are important in how we treat each other as colleagues, lead our staff teams and work with our service users and stakeholders across government, and the community and voluntary sector.
Model of Practice
The Agency has developed Children First Model of Practice (MOP) and this framework sets out the principles, theories and models which inform how the Youth Justice Agency delivers services to children, families and victims. This framework is a shared vision across community based and custodial based services and has an overarching “Children First” philosophy. This Children First approach encompasses all that we do and reflects the importance we place on achieving better outcomes for children, families and victims.
Children First
- We ensure that the rights of children are respected and that children are treated as children
- We deliver services in a child-friendly and child-appropriate manner
- We recognise, build on and celebrate children’s positive behaviours, strengths, resilience and their positive contribution to society
- We consider the needs and developmental stage of children
- We consider, assess and address the broader context and underlying causes of offending by children
- We recognise the responsibility of society and adults to help children to avoid conflict with the law
- We promote Earlier Stage Intervention in maximising opportunities for prevention and diversion ensuring the minimal necessary intervention