A supervision order is a sentence of the Court which aims to make demands on the offender and protect the public from harm. It is designed to help young people stop offending and consider the effect crime has on its victims. The order requires that you are supervised by a member of the Youth Offending Team (YOT). The order can be made for up to three years.
What will I have to do?
If you make good progress, you or your supervising officer can ask the Court to end the order early. The court is unlikely to agree to this unless you have completed at least half the sentence satisfactorily and you have not committed another offence.
The order will be organised by the supervising officer according to standards required by the Home Office. You and your parents will be asked to review this plan with your supervising officer every three months.
What are the rules?
To comply with your supervision order you must:
- notify any change of address;
- attend when required;
- arrive on time for appointments;
- comply with any reasonable directions; and
- comply with any additional requirements included in your order.
For the duration of the order you are prohibited, while on the YOT premises or when being accompanied by staff (or persons operating under their direction) from the YOT, of the following:
- attending while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, thereby being unable to participate properly in supervision;
- fighting, violent or aggressive behaviour or threats of violence;
- other conduct or language that might reasonably give serious offence to YOT staff, other persons under supervision or members of the public; and
- other wilful or persistent non co-operation or behaviour, designed to prevent progress of your or others orders.
Additional Requirements
At the time of sentence, the Court may add further requirements and your supervising officer must take you back to Court. If the Court considers that you have 'breached' your order, it may:
- revoke the order and pass another sentence, which could include custody; and
- tell you to complete the order, but punish you by imposing either a fine of up to £1,000, an attendance centre order or curfew order.
If you would like further information on supervision orders please
contact the Youth Offending Team.