Bexley's Youth Offending Team Needs You
Bexley's Youth Offending Team (YOT) is searching for volunteers to mentor
and coach young offenders with their learning and reading, to help improve their
educational prospects.
The team already has one permanent learning mentor. They now want to expand
the service and use volunteers so that they can work with more young people.
After some initial training, volunteers will be expected to commit to a small
amount of time each week to support disengaged young people with their education.
Director of Children and Young Peoples Services, Deborah Absalom said: "We
all want to reduce youth crime. Many of the young people the YOT deal with have
poor reading skills, which is often a background factor to their offending. If
we address this basic problem we can really impact on their ability to get back
on the right track and cut crime."
Volunteers must have patience, good judgement and objectivity. They must be
committed and reliable and have good listening and communication skills. They
also need to be able to relate to young people. If this sounds like you, Paul
Aruliah, YOT Education Worker would be delighted to hear from you. Please call
him on 020 8284 5555.
