Welcome to the Wakefield Youth Offending Team Website
The Wakefield Youth Offending Team is a multi-disciplinary organisation that works both within Children’s Services and the Criminal Justice System. The YOT has one overriding aim which is to prevent offending behaviour by children and young people.
The YOT’s work falls into 3 key areas:
- Preventing crime and anti-social behaviour
- Community supervision of offenders
- Re-settlement of young people from custody
The team is made up of Police Officers, Social Workers, Probation Workers, Health Advisors, Education and Teaching staff, Housing Workers, Sports Worker, Victim Liaison Worker, Parenting Workers and Substance Misuse Workers.
In the YOT we believe that children and young people have the capacity to change and that building effective relationships with young people and their parents or carers is central to achieving change.
Wakefield District Youth Offending Team
5 West Parade Wakefield WF1 1LT
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