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<p>The Youth Custody Service (YCS) is a specialist service which forms part of His
Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service, which is an executive agency of the Ministry
of Justice. Governors of young offender institutions are officials of the Ministry
of Justice and members of the YCS. Headquarters staff in the YCS are in frequent daily
communication with governors of young offender institutions, with the Director of
HMYOI Parc, and with the senior leadership teams at Oakhill Secure Training Centre
and those secure children’s homes in which young people sentenced to custody are placed.
Owing to their frequency, it is not possible to calculate the number of meetings that
have taken place within the last 12 months although contact between YCS HQ and sites
is a daily occurrence.</p><p><br> The YCS will shortly be launching a regular event
at which Governors of public sector young offender institutions, the Directors of
HMYOI Parc and Oakhill Secure Centre, and Registered Managers from secure children’s
homes come together to share best practice and experience of managing children at
their sites. In addition, a new staff exchange programme will shortly be launched,
to enable staff in each sector of the youth estate to gain experience of how children
and young people are supervised and cared for in other sectors.</p>
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