The YOT Inspection programme is led by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP), with participation from eight other criminal justice and other inspectorates. The programme is inspecting all 155 YOTs over a 5 year period from mid-2003.

Bradford and District YOT was inspected between 3-7 December 2007 as part of the inspection programme. It was led by Ray Wegrzyn, Lead Inspector for Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP).

PDF copies of the full report, a six-page summary of the report and a bulletin detailing feedback from children and young people can be downloaded below.

Full Report	Summary	Summary

Youth Offending Team given inspectors' seal of approval
Bradford and District's Youth Offending Team has been hailed by inspectors as an 'energetic and forward-looking' organisation.
A glowing report of the service, which is part of Bradford Council's Services to Children and Young People, has been given by a multi-agency inspection team from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation.
Andrew Bridges, HM Chief Inspector of Probation described the team as an "energetic and forward-thinking organisation" with "some innovative ideas which had been translated into practice."

The team scored 'excellent' in two areas - 'outcomes of work with children and young people in the community' which included working in partnership with the Youth Service to set up an anti-bullying text messaging service.

The management and leadership of the team was also marked as 'excellent' with the YOT being "influential in developing the district's approach to tackling anti-social behaviour as part of the Respect action plan pilot." The majority of members of staff interviewed said they "felt well-informed about policies and procedures."

The service works to give young offenders a more positive direction for their lives and prevent them getting into a cycle of re-offending. Those who have benefited from this work have also given the service a thumbs-up:

• 80 per cent of them said they were now less likely to re-offend

• 95 per cent felt YOT staff were really interested in helping

• 98 per cent felt they were treated fairly and with respect