Capable Guardians

The Capable Guardian scheme is an initiative that looks to bring together many agencies at a localised level to tackle issues of anti-social behaviour. Capable Guardians has been initially piloted in the Westfield Ward of York and as a result is going to be rolled out over a number of other wards in York. The Capable Guardians will encourage respect in communities, including stamping out anti-social behaviour, by:

  • Supporting or challenging anti-social households
  • Tackling truancy and anti-social behaviour in schools
  • Strengthening local communities
  • Stronger measures to tackle anti-social behaviour

Some of the actual initiatives of Capable Guardians include:

  • Work with local schools to educate pupils around the impact of ASB on the community.
  • Identify known 'problem' families and work with our partners to provide appropriate support and action.
  • Work with the City of York (CYC) Council Street Environment Team, Youth Offending Team and Probation to ensure that the perpetrators of ASB receive reparative punishments within their own community.
  • Identify repeat locations for ASB and work with the Architectural Liaison Officer and local communities to protect them from further ASB.
  • Work with victims of ASB and Victim Support to protect them from further offences.
  • Work alongside the Westfield community to identify key problems, formulate solutions and encourage communities to take responsibility for making ASB unacceptable.
  • Work with the CYC Housing Department and other social housing providers to introduce the Respect Standard for Housing Management.
  • Work with all relevant groups and agencies to develop comprehensive programmes of diversionary activities for young people.
  • Work towards early intervention with those individuals who are in danger of being drawn into ASB.

The key partners at a local level that have been instrumental in implementing Capable Guardians have been:

  • Safer Neighbourhood Teams
  • Anti-Social Behaviour Task Group of Safer York Partnership
  • Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinators and Key Individual Networks
  • Neighbourhood Management officer
  • Licensing
  • NY Fire and Rescue
  • Youth Services
  • Estate officers
  • Drugs workers
  • Schools
  • Residents Associations
  • Local Councillors
  • Environmental Protection Officers
  • Group Response
  • Street Environment Officers
  • Nature reserve officer

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