The Youth Offending Service is a statutory partnership with the primary responsibility for preventing and reducing offending in children and young people.
The emphasis is to ensure that children, young people and parents sentenced by the courts receive robust packages of support to prevent and reduce offending.
The service is also required to work with victims of crime by providing support, guidance and an opportunity to influence the interventions of the children and young people.
The Youth Offending Service Prevention Team is supporting the integrated working model across the City by offering voluntary
packages of support to children and young people to prevent them entering the criminal justice system.
- To download the Youth Justice Plan 2012-13 please follow this link: http://webapps.stoke.gov.uk/uploadedfiles/Youth_Justice_Plan_2012-13.pdf
- To view the Youth Justice delivery plan please see the attachment at the bottom of the page.
Youth Offending Services responsibilities are:
- To work towards one overall aim of preventing youth offending.
- Working with young people who receive final warnings.
- Providing a variety of services to the youth court, including writing pre-sentence reports, short format reports and advising Magistrates on outcomes for young people.
- The supervision of court orders.
- To work with victims of youth crime, known as restorative justice work as part of the above orders.
- Supervision of young people during and after periods of custody.
- Providing appropriate adult services in police stations and court.
- Crime prevention.
- Recruitment of volunteers to support the referral order process.
Our partners
Our work is delivered in partnership with and through;
- Stoke-on-Trent City Council
- Police
- Probation
- Primary Care Trust
- Accommodation Providers
- Secure Estate
- Connexions
- Local Criminal Justice Board
More information about our services
For further information please contact us on the details below
Youth Offending Services
Ringway House
Bryan Street
Hanley
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
ST1 5AJ
Telephone: 01782 235858
Fax: 01782 235860
Email: youth.offending.services@stoke.gov.uk
If you've got worries or need some advice we can help. If something is worrying you or making you scared and you are not sure if it's abuse, it's important to talk to someone you trust. Visit the Safeguarding Children Board website for information and advice about issues which may be affecting you and how to contact for support.