The Scaled Approach model was amended in February 2009. What are the changes and why have they been made?
The revised Scaled Approach model is detailed in the updated Youth Justice: The Scaled Approach post-consultation version two document (February 2009). This replaces all previous copies. The amendments do not change the core principles of the Scaled Approach and all the components remain the same. Amendments have been made to the Asset bandings used to determine the entry threshold for the Scaled Approach intervention levels. In the September 2008 version, the Asset scores relating to each Scaled Approach intervention level resulted in too many young people falling within the ‘low’ category. The revised model has shifted the Asset bandings to allow for higher levels of intervention to be directed to those young people for whom change is more likely. The revised bandings will allow better direction of YOT resource towards young people and their needs. A further change was renaming the Scaled Approach intervention levels. What were low, medium and high are now standard, enhanced and inte
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