Youth justice
Blackpool Youth Offending Team (YOT) is a multi-agency service that is part of Blackpool Council's adolescent service. It overseen by the Youth Justice Board. This is a statutory partnership, and the team is made up of staff from:
- Social care
- Education
- The police
- The National Probation Service
- Local health services
YOT works with children aged 10 to 17 who have either committed an offence or identified as being at risk of doing so.
The service has embedded the Blackpool Families Rock Model - a child-first, restorative and trauma informed ethos - into its work and strives to reduce the impact on victims and communities of crime by supporting children to maintain positive, healthy and pro-social futures.
YOT has a key focus on the prevention and diversion of children out of criminal justice processes, offering the right help at the right time.
For those children who do receive a formal criminal justice outcome, we work with partners to support children to try and repair what has happened and enable them to access support to exit the criminal justice system at the earliest possible point.
How we help
YOT has a key focus on the prevention and diversion of children out of criminal justice processes, offering the right help at the right time.
For those children who do receive a formal criminal justice outcome, we work with partners to support children to try and repair what has happened and enable them to access support to exit the criminal justice system at the earliest possible point.
Contact
You can contact the Blackpool youth offending team at:
Office hours: 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Thursday and 9.00am to 4.30pm on Fridays.