Youth Offending Team (YOT)
Each local authority has a youth offending team (YOT) or youth offending service (YOS) who are a team of people who work with children to prevent them offending or re-offending.
YOTs supervise children on out of court disposals (OOCD) and youth sentences.
YOTs have a statutory duty to provide appropriate adults for children detained or being interviewed at police stations, and to provide support for children on bail.1
YOTs include:2
- Probation Officers
- Social Workers
- Police Officers
- Health Worker
- Education Officer
- Substance Misuse Worker
- Parenting Worker
- Connexions Worker
- Intensive Supervision and Surveillance (ISSP) Worker
- Positive Activities for Young People (PAYP) Worker
- Early Intervention Team – Acceptable Behaviour Contracts (ABCs)
- Court Officers
- Restorative Justice Worker
- Section 38(4) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (back)
- The statutory membership of YOTs is set out in section 39(5) Crime and Disorder Act 1998. (back)