Youth Offending Team
The Youth Offending Team (YOT) brings together workers from children's services, Sussex Police, the probation service, the NHS and the voluntary sector. Our aim is to prevent children and young people aged 10–17 from offending.
What do they do?
The YOT assesses every young person who is referred to the team using the ASSET form, which is a standard procedure for every YOT in England and Wales. It identifies the specific problems that make the young person offend as well as measuring the risk they pose to others. This enables the YOT to identify suitable programmes to address the needs of the young person to try and prevent further offending.
Supervising sentences – the YOT staff write pre-sentence reports to help courts decide what sentence to impose. YOT workers then supervises young offenders They then supervise young offenders, whether they receive a community sentence (such as a referral, reparation, action plan or supervision order) or a custodial sentence.
Monitoring our performance
In October 2007 an independent inspection of our work was made by HM Inspectorate of Probation. You can download this report from their website:
In March 2007 a Project Board of councillors and the Sussex Police Authority reported on our work:
How to contact the Youth Offending Team?
Contact the YOT team nearest to where you live.
