Youth Offending Service - a guide for parents and carers

• The Youth Offending Service (YOS) is part of the local authority.
• In Birmingham, we are part of children’s services, called Birmingham Children’s Trust.
• We are separate from the Courts and the Police.

We work with:

• Health services.
• Education and Schools.
• The Police.
• Probation.
• Charities and the local community.

We have four main area teams in Birmingham across the city:

• North-West.
• North-East.
• South-West.
• South-East.

Each team have people working to support children, young people, and their families/carers.