Executive Summary:
Liaison and diversion services are intended to improve the health and justice outcomes for adults and children who come into contact with the youth and criminal justice systems where a range of complex needs are identified as factors in their offending behaviour.
Liaison and diversion is a process whereby people of all ages with mental health problems, a learning disability, substance misuse problems and other vulnerabilities are identified and assessed as early as possible as they pass through the youth and criminal justice systems.
The model will be an all-age service across all sites available to all points of intervention in the youth and criminal justice pathways addressing a wide range of health issues and vulnerabilities and be relevant to those with protected characteristics as set out in the Equality Act 2010. The entry point to the service will be as and when an individual comes into contact with the police (or other criminal investigating authority) under suspicion of having committed a criminal offence.
Decision 50-2013: Youth Liaison and Diversion Services (application, 410kB)