By reducing the need for remand places, BSS also provides an opportunity to focus on developing successful community resources designed to prevent young people being detained in a youth justice facility and preventing them from entering further down the path of criminality.
Central to the delivery of the BSS is the use of the Multisystemic Therapy (MST) model. This family-based model seeks to change how young people function in their home, school and community, in ways that promote positive social behaviour, while reducing levels of anti-social behaviour.
The delivery of MST is typically home-based, and therapists have small caseloads of four to six families which enables them to work intensively with each family, typically over a three to five month period.