| Stoke Youth Offending Team |
Stoke Youth Offending Team
Geographical Area: Stoke-on-Trent
Age Range Min: 10
Age Range Max: 17
Gender Specific: no
| Culturally Specific: no
Method of Access: Through the criminal justice system.
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| Description |
The Youth Offending Services for the City of Stoke-on-Trent is responsible for leading a range of services to children and young people aged 8 - 17 years who offend or are at risk of offending, parents and victims of youth crime.
Young people are referred through the Police service either on final warning, when arrested, if they continue to commit crimes, or if they are on a Community and Custodial Order and have a Substance Misuse problem.
On initial assessment using ASSET (assessment screening tool), should they score 3 or 4 they are immediately referred to a specialist drugs worker. The Substance Misuse worker deals with young people at a Tier 1 level, if the client has a greater need or urgency than can be dealt with by the worker, then they are referred to a specialist agency - either Druglink for Tier 2/1 targeted work or The Lock (Stoke on Trent Young People's service), should treatment and interventions be required.
The Youth Offending Service runs various rolling programmes with set modules so that a young person can join at any time. The 20 week course covers drugs awareness, victim awareness. There are also similar courses running at Attendance Centres across Stoke-on-Trent. |
| Objectives |
| The Statutory Aim of the Services is to prevent offending by children and young people |
| Staff Profile |
| Team includes Substance Misuse workers and nurses. |
| Linked Organisations |
| The Lock, young people's treatment service. |
