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Youth Offending Teams (YOTs)

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The youth justice system is made up of a number of organisations working together.

All Wales Youth Offending Strategy: Delivery Plan 2009-2011

The Welsh Assembly Government and the Youth Justice Board (YJB) have reviewed and refreshed the delivery mechanisms for the All Wales Youth Offending Strategy.

Research to assess the strength of relationships between 14-19 Networks, Young People's Partnerships and Youth Offending Teams

The evidence in this report suggests that partnership work between all the partnerships has been improving.

Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) are multidisciplinary teams made up of health, social services, education, police and probation working together and are statutory local partnerships established by section 39 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

The precise requirements of the Act are that youth offending teams shall include at least one of each of the following:

  • an officer of a local probation board or an officer of a provider of probation services
  • a social worker of a local authority
  • a police officer
  • a person nominated by a Local Health Board, any part of whose area lies within the local authority's area
  • a person nominated by the chief education officer appointed by the local authority.

YOTS are part of the local authority and have a statutory responsibility for managing children and young people who are on community sentences. 

Local authorities are required to have a YOT either on an individual or partnership basis; there are 18 YOTs in Wales, 4 of which cover two Local Authorities each.