A joint inspection carried out by the Probation Inspectorate (HMIP), alongside the Prison Service, Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission, found that progress had been made since a previous critical inspection in 2009, but the service “needed to improve further and be better managed”.
The youth offending team (YOT) achieved two out of four stars (unsatisfactory) for four of the five key inspection areas – reducing the likelihood of reoffending, protecting the public, protecting children and young people and governance arrangements.
It scored three out of four (good) on ensuring sentences are served.
The report found that work to reduce reoffending was hampered due to deficiencies in the assessment of why a young person had committed the offence.
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