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‘…Cardiff Youth Offending Service (YOS) was staffed by an experienced and committed staff group and supported by some effective partnership working. We identified scope for improvement, however, in the quality of the work with the children and young people.’

12 May 2016 | Archive – youth inspections

‘…we found the quality of the work at Bracknell Forest YOS to be excellent. Staff were enthusiastic and committed. They worked hard to analyse the needs, vulnerabilities, risk of harm and reoffending of those sentenced by the courts, in order to plan the required work.’

11 May 2016 | Archive – youth inspections

‘…we found that the YOT Management Board, YOT manager and staff were working hard to deliver good quality services to the children and young people…There was good engagement with children…and good assessments of reoffending factors, including recognition of diversity issues…’

11 May 2016 | Archive – youth inspections

‘…we found that Hampshire YOT was performing well in most areas of practice, in particular assessments. Case managers were engaging children and young people and their parents/carers and were using creative interventions to help them.’

11 May 2016 | Archive – youth inspections

‘Partnerships in Central Bedfordshire demonstrate a clear and collective determination to improve services for children and young people and this is evident in their overarching strategic priorities and plans.’

10 May 2016 | Joint Targeted Area Inspection (JTAI)

‘Following the challenges presented by a high profile investigation, local partners have responded robustly to child sexual exploitation. Oxfordshire now has a highly developed and well-functioning approach to tackling exploitation.’

10 May 2016 | Joint Targeted Area Inspection (JTAI)

The inspection identified a number of strengths across the partnership in relation to raising awareness in the community about the risks of child sexual exploitation. This is leading to increasing identification of those at risk and effective responses to children when risks are first identified.

05 April 2016 | Joint Targeted Area Inspection (JTAI)

‘…we found skilled and committed staff who worked hard to deliver the order of the courts. Assessments and planning needed to improve in respect of addressing the understanding of the reasons for offending, future risk of harm behaviour, safety and well-being.’

05 April 2016 | Archive – youth inspections

‘…we found that practice had improved since the last SQS in February 2013. The YOS had a group of committed case managers and specialist workers who demonstrated tenacity in their work with children and young people.’

23 March 2016 | Archive – youth inspections

‘…there had been overall improvements in the work of the YOT since our last inspection in 2010, and that many of our previous recommendations had been addressed. Compliance with orders was excellent, and reflected the skill and commitment of case managers.’

23 March 2016 | Archive – youth inspections