Youth Offending Service
The Youth Offending Service is a multi-agency team based in
Barry. It works with young people aged between 8 and 17 years
who are offending or at risk of offending and the victims of their
crime
Youth Offending Services (YOS) are key to the success of
the Youth Justice System and there is a Youth Offending
Service in every local authority in England and Wales.
The Vale of Glamorgan YOS has staff from a
variety of professional backgrounds including Social work, Police,
Probation, Drugs and Alcohol, Education, Health and Careers
Wales.
It is well known that children and young
people offend for a variety of reasons. They include social and
family problems, peer group pressures, social exclusion, truancy
and drug problems. Therefore, if young people are to be
prevented from offending, or re-offending, they ne.ed the input of
staff with a variety of knowledge and skills to assist them to make
the right life choices.
No single agency has all the solutions to
youth offending, but by working together, sharing knowledge, skills
and experience, staff from the different agencies and professions
can reduce it.
The Vale of Glamorgan YOS is committed to this
multi agency approach in order to carry out its mission to help
make the Vale of Glamorgan a safer place and to improve the life
opportunities of the young people it works with in order that they
can lead offending free lives.
Please click on the menu to the side to see
what services we provide to Young People, Families, Victims and the
Community.
Please contact C1V on 01446 700111