Criminal Justice Programmes

Bail & Specified Activities

Since 1985 YSS have delivered Specified Activity Programmes for young people at risk of being sent to custody. Since 1998 YSS staff have delivered bail assessment and support services for the Worcestershire and Herefordshire Youth Offending Service, along with Specified Activities. The staff are presently seconded over to the Youth Offending Service and work from YOS offices delivering this work to National Standards levels. They also provide an out-of-hours on-call help-line for the young people and their families, co-ordinate the Appropriate Adult provision service on evenings and weekends, and provide emergency weekend court cover for young people appearing unexpectedly before courts.