Youth justice – links

This page is being added to as new resources are identified. 

Family group conferencing

Policy

Convening the youth justice family group conference

Holding the youth justice family group conference

Supporting, monitoring and reviewing the youth justice family group conference plan

Practice standards

Family group conferencing practice standards

Guidance

About family group conferencing

Confidentiality and the family group conference

Appointing a youth advocate for an intention-to-charge family group conference – section 248A

Restorative justice and the family group conference – section 258(2)

Supporting tamariki and rangatahi with their family group conference plan or court order – section 258(3)

Supporting a victim survivor of sexual violence in a youth justice family group conference

Whānau or family meeting following family group conference referrals on section 14(1)(e) grounds

Practice note: Family group conferences, community work and the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Righting the wrong: Information on working with victims

Entitlement to attend a family group conference – section 22(1)(b) & section 251(1)(b)

Social worker entitlement at a youth justice family group conference – section 251(h)

Section 140 Extended Care Agreements in youth justice

Using section 261 in a Youth Justice Family Group Conference

Timeframes for youth justice family group conferences

Missing or unauthorised absence

Policy: Working with tamariki and rangatahi who are missing, or whose absence is unauthorised

Guidance: How we work with tamariki and rangatahi who are missing or whose absence is unauthorised

Residences

Policy: Working with tamariki and rangatahi in supervised group homes

Policy: Working with tamariki and rangatahi in residences

Guidance: The journey through residence for tamariki and rangatahi

Legislation: Residential care regulations 1996

Sharing information

Sharing information about tamariki and rangatahi – this page has links to the policy and other guidance

Transitions within care

Policy: Transitions within care

Guidance: Transitioning between placements

Transitioning to adulthood

Transition to adulthood – this page has links to all the policies and guidance

Youth Court

Policy

Youth Court

Guidance

Planning for the Youth Court Te Kōti Taiohi o Aotearoa

Working in the Youth Court Te Kōti Taiohi o Aotearoa

Orders and monitoring for the Youth Court Te Kōti Taiohi o Aotearoa

Traffic offences in Youth Court jurisdiction

14-day reviews of tamariki and rangatahi detained in a residence (section 242(1A)) or Corrections youth unit (section 242(2B))

Detaining 17-year-old rangatahi in a youth unit of a prison

Supporting rangatahi in police custody under section 238(1)(e) before Youth Court hearing

Additional factors to be considered by Youth Court when making an order under section 283(o) – section 284(1A)

Cancellation of a section 311 order – section 316(1A)

Custody for children and young people following arrest

Tamariki with offending behaviours

Transitions for children and young people who offend: Actively planning for success

Rangatahi courts and Pasifika courts

Rangatahi courts and Pasifika courts | Ministry of Justice

Supported bail

Backing young people to succeed on bail | orangatamariki.govt.nz

Supported bail service specification | orangatamariki.govt.nz (PDF 366 KB)

Family Court

Policy: Using Family Court orders to respond to tamariki who offend – section 14(1)(e)

Youth justice pathways

Youth justice pathways

Youth Justice Custody Pathway guidelines

Youth Justice Service Pathway guidelines

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRoC) | Ministry  of Social Development