Young Female Offenders Collaborative Action Program - "Breakfree, A crime Prevention Project" (Staff)

Project Commencement:

Project Conclusion:

The project, for which The Salvation Army has obtained funding from the Commonwealth Government’s National Community Crime Prevention Programme, is a community crime prevention program for young women based in the north-west (Burnie), Clarence, and Launceston i.e three sites with three co-ordinating youth workers.

This project is designed to identify and address the needs of young female offenders, aged 13-17, at high risk of entering detention (because they may have already offended), via a collaborative case management approach involving different community agencies linked by the program’s youth worker.

Key outputs will include a collaborative practice model and cognitive skills program administered separately at each of the three sites specifically targeted towards young female offenders which can then be utilised elsewhere.

Overall program objectives

1. To develop and implement a collaborative practice model for addressing the needs of young female offenders.

2. To identify and address the criminogenic risks and needs of young female offenders via a collaborative case management approach.

3. To develop and implement a cognitive skills program for young female offenders.

4. To evaluate the effectiveness of a collaborative practice model and cognitive skills program specifically targeted towards young female offenders.