Bradford & District YOT is made up of representatives from agencies including the Police, Probation Service, Children’s Social Care, Health, and Education.

Bradford & District YOT identifies the needs of each young offender by assessing them and addressing the specific problems that make the young person offend.  The YOT also measures the risk they pose to others. This enables the YOT to deliver suitable programmes to deal with the needs of the young person with the intention of preventing further offending.

In addition to accepting seconded staff from the agencies named above, the YOT directly employs staff in a number of differing roles. The roles can be either working directly with young people or alternatively generic admin roles to support front line staff.

The YOT also recruits volunteers and there are a number of very important ways in which volunteers can assist the YOT and their community.