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Children and young people in trouble with the law
It is the duty of all agencies to try to reduce offending
behaviour under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. Medway
Youth Offending Service is a partnership of voluntary and statutory
agencies overseen by the Youth Justice Board.
Medway Youth Offending Team (YOT) is staffed by a multi-agency
team working with children and young people who have demonstrated
or are at risk of developing anti-social behaviour. The team
includes officers from Kent Police, Kent Probation Service, Medway
Primary Care Trust, Kent and Medway Connexions Service as well as
staff from Medway Council's Children's Care Services.
The team works closely with young people and their families to
provide an early intervention service to curtail anti-social
behaviour and to prevent crime. It assists victims of crime and
where appropriate, includes them in the youth justice process to
take part in a restorative justice programme.
YOT workers also provide intensive supervision and surveillance
programmes for persistent young offenders and operate effective
plans for preparing young people to return into the community from
custody and reduce the risk of them re-offending.
The parenting programmes provided by Medway YOT offer practical
support and advice to enhance the skills of parents and thus reduce
the risk of their children offending or re-offending. This includes
those requiring preventative services, supervision while on
community-based court orders and the support of young people who
had been sent to custody.
Further information is available on the Family
Information Service database and on the Youth Justice Board website.
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