Transforming youth justice: a holistic approach towards consistency, flexibility, and positive impact.
Oranga Tamariki operates several secure residential facilities for Youth Justice and Care or Protection placements. They were considering a variety of additional Youth Justice placement options for children and young people placed in their custody due to the Oranga Tamariki Act changes. They wanted assistance with the alteration of the designation for Whatakapokai, the current Care or Protection residence in Weymouth, to allow it to be re-purposed into a Youth Justice residence.
They also wanted national consistency across their designations and the flexibility to manage placement demand, and advice on how to ensure that the designations across residences were fit for purpose; that each facility could be used for children and young people under Care or Protection, Youth Justice or transition provisions.