Youth Case Management Inventory Essay

The Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) is a risk and needs assessment as well as a case management tool to be administered by qualification level B professionals. Most level B professionals typically must hold a master’s degree in a mental health related field, however, others may have a health care related license or be employed in a supervised mental health field. This assessment is encouraged for use by probation officers, youth case workers, psychologists, counselors and social workers to help identify needs, strengths, and barriers. The assessment also is helpful in the selection of appropriate goals for the youth in order to create an appropriate case management plan.
The assessment may be administered to youth ages 12 through 17. It consists of a semi structured interview with 42 items that should take place within a time frame of 30 to 40 minutes. It may be scored by hand or computer, which is dependent

Due to its high validity of physical violence prediction and recidivism, which is reportedly more common among male youth in the study, it is less valid amongst female youth. On the other hand, Raynor also noted the assessment is highly consistent with reliable assessment of reconviction and subsequent violence despite gender. Catchpole and Gretton (2003) also arrived at the estimation that the assessment is less effective for the case management planning of youth with challenging sexual behaviors. Instead, they recommend the Psychopath Checklist-Youth Version because it is a good predictor and identifier of antisocial behaviors. They deem the focus on the identification of antisocial behaviors such as bullying, cheating, fighting, stealing and are more useful components to assess rather than the eight components of the