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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.

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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.

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Legislation

Our work is governed by several pieces of legislation:

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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

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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.