Holding the youth justice family group conference policy — Key information
Information about completing and presenting decisions, recommendations and plans from youth justice family group conferences.
The family group conference’s significant features emphasise whānau or family participation, consensus decision-making and responding to cultural diversity. The process also has a focus on victims and diversion from prosecution.
Supporting and informing family group conferences should strengthen whānau or family and foster their abilities to develop their own means of dealing with offending by their children and young people thus reducing the likelihood of their re-offending.
In addition to this guidance, our practice is supported by our practice framework (encompassing our models and practice standards), our care standards, and tools and resources.
Family Group Conference Practice Standards
Confidentiality and the family group conference