Monday, June 25, 2007

CYF Probe of Trust's Youth Offender Programme.

One would really expect a substantive vetting of any programme: personnel involved; that the goals were realistic, realisable and socially and personally meaningful/valuable; of the validity and safety of processes for achieving these prior to the placement of any State Wards anywhere and under any circumstances. Further that subsequent to placement there were regular random assessments to ensure these goals were being met and safety considerations maintained.
Retrospective assessment following 'negative fallout' really indicates a failure in basic processes. In this instance it is made somewhat worse by the suggestion that it was known that the programme was neither following nor fulfilling stated intent - or at least one must presume this to be the case.

2 comments:

mojo said...

I probably deserve this.

Lindsay Mitchell said...

Yeah. You probably do.