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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.
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Formed in 1999, Suffolk Youth Offending Service has
staff from a variety of professional backgrounds including Social workers,
Police officers, Probation officers, Drugs and Alcohol advisors, Education
officers, and Accommodation officers.
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It is well known that children and young people offend
for a variety of reasons - social and family problems, peer group pressures,
social exclusion, truancy, drug problems - and therefore if young people
are to be prevented from re-offending they need the input of staff with
a variety of knowledge and skills to assist them to make the right life
choices.
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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.
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Suffolk YOS is committed to this multi agency approach
in order to carry out its mission to help make Suffolk 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.
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Each YOS creates a Youth Justice Plan with specific actions and targets
for their area. This is agreed with Partner Agencies and the Youth Justice
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