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We were…impressed overall by the commitment of both management and staff to improve the lives of the children and young people they work with and their eagerness to improve their practice.

13 May 2015 | Archive – youth inspections

Overall, we found that staff engaged well with children and young people and their parents/carers…it was disappointing to find that, following recommendations from the previous inspection in 2011, there still remained considerable scope for
improvement in work to protect the public and safeguard

13 May 2015 | Archive – youth inspections

We saw clear evidence of partners such as the police, children’s services, child and adolescent mental health services and education collaborating to deliver effective interventions. Overall, we found the performance of the YOS to be very creditable.

13 May 2015 | Archive – youth inspections

We found that managers were working hard to understand the reasons for this [increase in reoffending rate] and had invested in specialist training and services to help reduce future offending. Overall, this had been managed well and we were impressed by the commitment of staff and managers…

25 March 2015 | Archive – youth inspections

Improvement had taken place in many aspects of work since our previous inspection in 2009. Staff were knowledgeable, keen to improve, committed to their work with children and young people who had offended, and understood them well.

25 March 2015 | Archive – youth inspections

Overall, we found good work by staff who engaged well with children and young people and their parents/carers to develop the initial assessments, and used this information effectively to inform decisions in courts.

25 March 2015 | Archive – youth inspections

West Berkshire was delivering outstanding work with children and young people. They had taken effective measures to address the recommendations that we made following their positive inspection in 2011.

18 March 2015 | Archive – youth inspections

A joint inspection by HM Inspectorate of Probation, the Care Quality Commission and Ofsted. The inspection examined the work of YOTs and their partners in response to findings from regular inspections of youth offending work…

12 March 2015 | Thematics - HMI Probation only

Overall, we found that staff engaged well with children and young people and their parents/carers to develop the initial assessments and plans, and used this information effectively to inform decisions in court.

11 March 2015

Bristol YOT had seen some improvement since our last SQS in 2012. However, there remained considerable room for development in work to protect the public and safeguard the child or young person.

04 March 2015 | Archive – youth inspections