A Youth Offending Team is a Justice Organisation.
A Youth Offending Team provides the main supervisory elements of statutory youth justice services.
This includes:
- assessment of children and young people who have offended and management of risk and Child Safeguarding issues
- supervision of children and young people who have been remanded to custody and those requiring support in the community, as directed by the court
- provision of pre-court interventions
- supervision of children and young people who have been given court orders which are to be managed in the community, including the provision of a lay youth panel to discharge the responsibilities of Referral Orders
- sentence planning for children and young people in custody and their supervision on release.
For further information on Youth Offending Teams, see the gov.uk website at: Youth offending teams.
This supporting information is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| alsoknownas | Youth Offending Service, Youth Justice Service, Youth Support Service |
| plural | Youth Offending Teams |