Youth Offending Service

Youth Offending Service

The Youth Offending Service (YOS) is a multi-disciplinary team which is made up of

• Social Workers,
• Police Officers,
• Health,
• Education,
• Parenting,
• Connexions,
• Group and Substance Misuse Workers and
• Referral Panel Volunteers.

The Prevention Team within the YOS has been restructured from April 1 2008 and is now the Haringey Youth On Track Team. This team incorporates the work formerly done by Haringey On Track, the YISP and the Junior YIP.

The Prevention Team include On Track, Youth Inclusion and Support Panel and Junior Youth Inclusion Programme.

The three other teams in the YOS work with children and young people aged 10 to 17 who have committed offences, some of the work is to prevent re-offending. The YOS also works with the victims of crime.

We are committed to working with all young people regardless of their race or background.

How we help people

We aim to help young people to stop offending by

• helping them to take responsibility for their actions
• supporting them in spending their time in positive ways, such as education, and by looking at why young people are getting into trouble.

Legislation

Our work is governed by several pieces of legislation:

• the Children Act (external link)
• the Crime and Disorder Act (external link)
• the Criminal Justice Act (external link)
• the Human Rights Act (external link)

Haringey Youth On Track (HYOT)

The Prevention team/HYOT aims to reduce the risk of young people becoming involved in offending by providing a range of evidence based early-intervention support to children, young people and their families. The focus is on service provision for children aged 8 – 18 across the borough.

The Team accepts referrals from partner agencies who are concerned about children at risk of becoming involved in negative activities and also accepts self referrals from parents/carers.

Services provided include:

• In-school activities and support
• Holiday programs
• Parent support
• Multi-agency
• Liaison focus
• Assertive outreach programme.

For more information please contact

The Prevention Team's Operational Manager
Email the Operational Manager
Tel 020 8489 1545/07870 157 970

Community Panel Member (volunteer)

The Community Panel Member Volunteer manages 2 volunteer projects, Community Panel Members (CPM) and Reparation Volunteers.

Working as a volunteer on a Youth Offender Panel gives you the opportunity to be involved in creating a programme of activities for a young person who offends, which will help ensure that they repair any real, or perceived harm caused by their offending behaviour along with addressing key aspects of their lives that may cause them to engage in offending activities.

If you would like to enquire about volunteering opportunities within Haringey Youth Offending Service, please contact the Volunteer Community Panel Member.

• Email a Community Panel Member
• Tel.020 8489 1560

Further information

Youth Offending Service
476 High Road
Tottenham
London
N17 9JF

Tel 020 8489 1523 / 1508
Fax 020 8489 1588
Email yos@haringey.gov.uk.

Attached Files

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youth justice plan 2006-07.doc	Word	447K

Useful External Links

The following links are not part of the Haringey Council website. Please read our legal disclaimer before using these links

• Youth Justice Board
• The Award Winning - Exposure
• Youth Scope
• Bullying By Text
• Anti-Bullying Campaign
• FRANK
• NSPCC
• Parentline Plus

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