We work with young people whose criminal activity has brought them into contact with the Police or the Courts. All our work is statutory, so the young people we work with will be:

• On Final Warnings / Court Orders
• On bail or in custody

We aim to:

• Confront the attitudes and behaviour of those young people who commit offences
• Provide them and their families with support and constructive ways of avoiding further involvement in crime
• Help victims of youth crime and make sure their needs and wishes are taken into account

We use a number of approaches including:

• Working in groups and with individual young people, and their families, using approved programmes, which have been shown to be successful
• Arranging for offenders to make reparation to their victims, or carry out unpaid work to benefit the local community
• Trying to improve the health, literacy, self-esteem and employability of young people - all factors which, have been proved to reduce the likelihood of further offending

We continually assess and monitor risk to the public, and all our work is evaluated to make sure that we are achieving our goals.

Like all the services in the Crime Reduction Group, we are a multi-agency team. Police officers, youth workers, social workers health and education specialists all work together to provide a "seamless service". We provide pre-sentence reports and bail support programmes to assist the local Courts, with which we have a close working relationship.

The Youth Offending Team is managed by Ruth Holmes, you can contact her on 0208 708 7800 or at Ruth.Holmes@redbridge.gov.uk.