Partnerships
The ‘statutory’ partners of the YOT, i.e. those who contribute staff and resources, are:
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Health
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Probation
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Police
The YOT Management Board is made up
of chief and senior officers who oversee the
performance and service delivery of the YOT. Its
members include representatives from the above
agencies, plus Housing, Courts, Youth Service, CDRP
and the voluntary sector (through the Nationwide
Children’s Research Centre).
The YOT is a good location to work with so-called
‘hard to reach’ young people, therefore other
agencies, such as Careers, base staff within the
YOT.
We also employ a worker from
REMEDI, the South
Yorkshire based restorative practice service. We
have staff from Stonham Housing and
Drugsense and
also employ victim liaison officers, whose
responsibility is solely towards the victims of
youth crime.
We have access to CAMHS (Children and
Adolescent Mental Health Services) and, possibly
uniquely, employ a learning disabilities nurse.
Our partnerships beyond our own officers are many
and varied, and include arts projects and
restorative justice partners (mostly voluntary and
environmental groups where young people can put
something back into the community). We also work
with the Fire and Rescue Service, RSPCA, Driving
Standards Agency, NSPCC, Action For Children and the
local Youth Justice (Attendance) Centre, based in
Dewsbury.
Across West Yorkshire we work collaboratively with
the other four YOTs in the county. We are actively
involved with the
Local Criminal Justice Board (LCJB) and have
good working relationships with the staff and
management in the ‘Secure Estate’, Wetherby and New
Hall YOIs and Leeds Secure Children’s Home.
In pursuit of reducing youth crime we will explore
any useful partnership which will have an impact.
Perhaps our most important partnerships are with the
volunteers from
Kirklees who work with young people as mentors and
those who sit on referral panels who work on behalf
of local communities in order to have a direct
impact on youth crime.
