Young offender programs

If a youth has committed a specific serious violent offense and also qualifies for a mental health diagnosis, they may receive an Intensive Rehabilitative Custody and Supervision Sentence IRCS which qualifies them for federal funding for rehabilitative services to reduce risk of re-offense.

When a youth has committed a sexual offense , they are frequently referred by the court for an assessment of future risk of sexual re-offense and mandated to attend counselling as a condition of their sentence. The team offers both individual and group treatment services to address factors that increase risk of future offending. Youth may receive individual therapy or a combination of group and individual services, based on their specific needs and abilities.

Substance management can also be an important part of treatment for young offenders. Unlike general addictions services, forensic substance management is appropriate when the substance use is directly related to the youth's offending behaviour. Thus, services focus not only on reducing substance use but increasing the client's understanding of how their use contributes to their past offending and risk of future offending.

A youth may qualify for general forensic services when they have not met criteria for the aforementioned services. Apart from those assessments for risk of future violent and sexual offenses, the court may also order a youth be assessed for psychoeducational reasons, concerns about cognitive functioning, or to determine general mental health needs. In addition to those assessments ordered by the court, the Young Offender team accepts referrals for crisis assessments within youth facilities, assessments for referral to in-patient substance management treatment, and cognitive assessments on a case-by-case basis.

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Hide this message. Home Crime, justice and law Reoffending and rehabilitation. Guidance Offending behaviour programmes and interventions. Print this page. Offending behaviour programmes and interventions Offender behaviour programmes and interventions aim to change the thinking, attitudes and behaviours which may lead people to reoffend.

These include: problem solving perspective taking managing relationships self-management Offending behaviour programmes often use cognitive-behavioural techniques.

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