York YOT is a multi-professional, multi-agency team with staff employed by over half a dozen different organisations.  It is quite unlike most services that have a single employer, a single career structure, a single route for getting on to the ladder, getting trained and so on.  And it is a true partnership team, with all these staff physically housed under one roof.

This makes it seem fairly complicated compared with most services, but it's also a great strength to have seconded and partnership staff from such a variety of backgrounds in addition to the Council.  Examples include: North Yorkshire Police, Probation Service, Health Service, Foundation Housing, and Crime Reduction Initiatives.

All YOT staff are considered to be part of the Children's Workforce in York.  To understand more about what that means, go to the YorOk website.

We value people coming from a wide range of backgrounds - and we know that working for the YOT gives people incomparable experience for developing their careers in other fields too.

York YOT knows that a stable workforce is essential for providing a high quality service, but we know that people want to get on and move on too and we aim to make the YOT somewhere where every member of staff feels they are learning and developing every single day.

The document attached gives a general description of the main youth justice opportunities available, where they are advertised, and is aimed at people interested in making a start to a career in this work.