I started to work for the Youth Offending Service in Leeds 2000 and for the majority of this time I have been based in the specialist court team. I also have spent some time working around the city directly supervising young people subject to orders imposed by the courts. Before I came to the Youth Offending Service I worked for the Probation Service in Leeds and before that for the Probation Service in South Yorkshire dealing with mainly adult offenders. I obtained a Diploma in Social Work from Sheffield Hallam University in 1994. From 1994 up until 2000 I worked for Reed Care as an agency social worker in a number of different settings mainly with young people in care. Working at the Youth Court in Leeds I have discovered that there is a limited knowledge and understanding of the orders the courts can impose. I have written this in an attempt to fill that gap and provide information about the changes in legislation that have come into force in December 2009. The Youth Justice Board has developed a new approach to how YOTs shall undertake the task of not only working with young offenders but also the assessment that forms the foundation for this work; The Scaled Approach. In addition to looking at the needs of the young person committing offences this process will also involve continuous assessment of the risk they pose and how this risk can best be monitored and managed.

I started to work for the Youth Offending Service in Leeds 2000 and for the majority of this time I have been based in the specialist court team. I also have spent some time working around the city directly supervising young people subject to orders imposed by the courts. Before I came to the Youth Offending Service I worked for the Probation Service in Leeds and before that for the Probation Service in South Yorkshire dealing with mainly adult offenders. I obtained a Diploma in Social Work from Sheffield Hallam University in 1994. From 1994 up until 2000 I worked for Reed Care as an agency social worker in a number of different settings mainly with young people in care. Working at the Youth Court in Leeds I have discovered that there is a limited knowledge and understanding of the orders the courts can impose. I have written this in an attempt to fill that gap and provide information about the changes in legislation that have come into force in December 2009. The Youth Justice Board has developed a new approach to how YOTs shall undertake the task of not only working with young offenders but also the assessment that forms the foundation for this work; The Scaled Approach. In addition to looking at the needs of the young person committing offences this process will also involve continuous assessment of the risk they pose and how this risk can best be monitored and managed.

I started to work for the Youth Offending Service in Leeds 2000 and for the majority of this time I have been based in the specialist court team. I also have spent some time working around the city directly supervising young people subject to orders imposed by the courts. Before I came to the Youth Offending Service I worked for the Probation Service in Leeds and before that for the Probation Service in South Yorkshire dealing with mainly adult offenders. I obtained a Diploma in Social Work from Sheffield Hallam University in 1994. From 1994 up until 2000 I worked for Reed Care as an agency social worker in a number of different settings mainly with young people in care. Working at the Youth Court in Leeds I have discovered that there is a limited knowledge and understanding of the orders the courts can impose. I have written this in an attempt to fill that gap and provide information about the changes in legislation that have come into force in December 2009. The Youth Justice Board has developed a new approach to how YOTs shall undertake the task of not only working with young offenders but also the assessment that forms the foundation for this work; The Scaled Approach. In addition to looking at the needs of the young person committing offences this process will also involve continuous assessment of the risk they pose and how this risk can best be monitored and managed.

I started to work for the Youth Offending Service in Leeds 2000 and for the majority of this time I have been based in the specialist court team. I also have spent some time working around the city directly supervising young people subject to orders imposed by the courts. Before I came to the Youth Offending Service I worked for the Probation Service in Leeds and before that for the Probation Service in South Yorkshire dealing with mainly adult offenders. I obtained a Diploma in Social Work from Sheffield Hallam University in 1994. From 1994 up until 2000 I worked for Reed Care as an agency social worker in a number of different settings mainly with young people in care. Working at the Youth Court in Leeds I have discovered that there is a limited knowledge and understanding of the orders the courts can impose. I have written this in an attempt to fill that gap and provide information about the changes in legislation that have come into force in December 2009. The Youth Justice Board has developed a new approach to how YOTs shall undertake the task of not only working with young offenders but also the assessment that forms the foundation for this work; The Scaled Approach. In addition to looking at the needs of the young person committing offences this process will also involve continuous assessment of the risk they pose and how this risk can best be monitored and managed.

I started to work for the Youth Offending Service in Leeds 2000 and for the majority of this time I have been based in the specialist court team. I also have spent some time working around the city directly supervising young people subject to orders imposed by the courts. Before I came to the Youth Offending Service I worked for the Probation Service in Leeds and before that for the Probation Service in South Yorkshire dealing with mainly adult offenders. I obtained a Diploma in Social Work from Sheffield Hallam University in 1994. From 1994 up until 2000 I worked for Reed Care as an agency social worker in a number of different settings mainly with young people in care. Working at the Youth Court in Leeds I have discovered that there is a limited knowledge and understanding of the orders the courts can impose. I have written this in an attempt to fill that gap and provide information about the changes in legislation that have come into force in December 2009. The Youth Justice Board has developed a new approach to how YOTs shall undertake the task of not only working with young offenders but also the assessment that forms the foundation for this work; The Scaled Approach. In addition to looking at the needs of the young person committing offences this process will also involve continuous assessment of the risk they pose and how this risk can best be monitored and managed.

I started to work for the Youth Offending Service in Leeds 2000 and for the majority of this time I have been based in the specialist court team. I also have spent some time working around the city directly supervising young people subject to orders imposed by the courts. Before I came to the Youth Offending Service I worked for the Probation Service in Leeds and before that for the Probation Service in South Yorkshire dealing with mainly adult offenders. I obtained a Diploma in Social Work from Sheffield Hallam University in 1994. From 1994 up until 2000 I worked for Reed Care as an agency social worker in a number of different settings mainly with young people in care. Working at the Youth Court in Leeds I have discovered that there is a limited knowledge and understanding of the orders the courts can impose. I have written this in an attempt to fill that gap and provide information about the changes in legislation that have come into force in December 2009. The Youth Justice Board has developed a new approach to how YOTs shall undertake the task of not only working with young offenders but also the assessment that forms the foundation for this work; The Scaled Approach. In addition to looking at the needs of the young person committing offences this process will also involve continuous assessment of the risk they pose and how this risk can best be monitored and managed.

I started to work for the Youth Offending Service in Leeds 2000 and for the majority of this time I have been based in the specialist court team. I also have spent some time working around the city directly supervising young people subject to orders imposed by the courts. Before I came to the Youth Offending Service I worked for the Probation Service in Leeds and before that for the Probation Service in South Yorkshire dealing with mainly adult offenders. I obtained a Diploma in Social Work from Sheffield Hallam University in 1994. From 1994 up until 2000 I worked for Reed Care as an agency social worker in a number of different settings mainly with young people in care. Working at the Youth Court in Leeds I have discovered that there is a limited knowledge and understanding of the orders the courts can impose. I have written this in an attempt to fill that gap and provide information about the changes in legislation that have come into force in December 2009. The Youth Justice Board has developed a new approach to how YOTs shall undertake the task of not only working with young offenders but also the assessment that forms the foundation for this work; The Scaled Approach. In addition to looking at the needs of the young person committing offences this process will also involve continuous assessment of the risk they pose and how this risk can best be monitored and managed.

I started to work for the Youth Offending Service in Leeds 2000 and for the majority of this time I have been based in the specialist court team. I also have spent some time working around the city directly supervising young people subject to orders imposed by the courts. Before I came to the Youth Offending Service I worked for the Probation Service in Leeds and before that for the Probation Service in South Yorkshire dealing with mainly adult offenders. I obtained a Diploma in Social Work from Sheffield Hallam University in 1994. From 1994 up until 2000 I worked for Reed Care as an agency social worker in a number of different settings mainly with young people in care. Working at the Youth Court in Leeds I have discovered that there is a limited knowledge and understanding of the orders the courts can impose. I have written this in an attempt to fill that gap and provide information about the changes in legislation that have come into force in December 2009. The Youth Justice Board has developed a new approach to how YOTs shall undertake the task of not only working with young offenders but also the assessment that forms the foundation for this work; The Scaled Approach. In addition to looking at the needs of the young person committing offences this process will also involve continuous assessment of the risk they pose and how this risk can best be monitored and managed.