Sunderland Youth Offending Service offers a number of services. These have been outlined below:

• Preventative Services: Sunderland Youth Offending Service works with young people who are at risk of offending.
• Pre-court Services: This involves working with young people who have offended for the first and second time
• Court Services: There are a number of court services which include Appropriate adult services
• Supervision in the Community: When a young person receives a community based court order, we supervise them
• Custodial Services: We work with young people to support young people serving custodial sentences.

Sunderland is a Beacon authority for Reducing Re-offending (2008 - 2009) - As a Beacon authority for Reducing Re-offending we are committed to sharing our practice and learning with others working in the field of reducing re-offending. We will do this by hosting local and national events, publishing case studies of innovation and working on specific issues with local authorities and/or partners who feel they can learn from our experiences. You can find out more about the Beacon Scheme and what we are doing as a Beacon authority by visiting the Reducing Re-offending Theme page on the Beacon website. View the Sunderland Reducing Re-offending Beacon Webpage here>>    View the IDeA Beacon Website here >>

Diversity Statement - Sunderland Youth Offending Service, in both its employment practices and in the provision of its services, recognises the diversity of the people and communities of Sunderland. It also recognises that many groups suffer direct or indirect discrimination in society and this can exclude them from full access, choice and opportunities within the community. The service is committed to ensuring that such equality and diversity issues are central to the way we work and have we have set out our commitment in a statement. View the statement here >> ( pdf 18kb)

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Have Your Say on Activities for Young People - What young people in Sunderland do when they are out of school, college or employment matters! Activities are a good use of young peoples time and can have a significant impact on their later life outcomes. Have your say on activities for young people here >>

Awards - Our projects and staff continue to make the news. We have won major awards such as the National Children's and Young People's Services Awards 2006, Services to the Community (Young Achievers) Award 2007 and of course the Public Servant of the Year Award 2005. view more awards here >>