A CSO will be granted if there is sufficient concern about the behaviour of a child in the care of his or her family. If there is reason to suspect that the child's behaviour is a direct result of problems within the family unit, a Child Safety Order may be issued by the Family Proceedings Court in order to allow for the intervention and supervision of either local authority and/or Youth Offending Teams.

Final warnings are given to young people aged between 10 to 17 where their offence is deemed by the police to be appropriate for such action. This will also be an opportunity to inform the young person about offence related issues and make clear the consequences of further offending.

The Youth Offending Team is responsible for the supervision and implementation of nearly all orders imposed by the Youth Court on young people who have been convicted of a criminal offence. The court can also impose a Parenting Order on the parents of young offenders and this is also supervised by the Youth Offending Team.

A court may make an order on a parent or guardian of a juvenile (10 to 16 years old) who is convicted of an offence, a child of 10 and over made the subject of an anti-social behaviour order or a sex offender order, and a child under 10 made subject to a child safety order. Parenting Orders are not about punishing parents but about getting parents to change their behaviour in respect of their child, and to take responsibility. Before a Parenting Order can be made, parents must have refused to engage voluntarily with support made available to help them improve their parenting.

Referral orders are given to aged 10 to 17 year olds pleading guilty and being convicted for the first time in court.

A Reparation Order is a sentence of the Court, which will be supervised by a member of the council Youth Offending Team. The aims of a Reparation Order are to prevent further offences by helping the offender to understand the effects of crime on the victim and to make amends.

A supervision order is a non custodial, or community sentence that is imposed on a young person (aged 11 to 17), either at a youth court or a crown court. The order requires the young person to be supervised by a member of the youth offending team (called the supervising officer). The order can be made for up to three years and is organised by the supervising officer, according to standards required by the Home Office. The purpose of a supervision order is to help a young person do what is necessary to stop offending, and protect the public from harm.

The purpose of the programme is to prevent offending by children and young people at an early stage and ensure appropriate and effective action to help prevent re-offending. This is a programme designed for people who have not yet been sentenced by a court.

The Youth Offending Service is required to publish a plan each year which includes an Executive Summary showing how performance compares with the performance measures that are set nationally by the Youth Justice Board. Typically the plan contains a local profile of youth crime, preventive strategy, structure and budget figures for the year ahead, performance for the previous year, and lists plans and any obstacles that will be faced in achieving the targets that have been set during the forthcoming year.

The Youth Rehabilitation Order (YRO) is a generic community sentence for young offenders and combines a number of sentences into one generic sentence. It will be the standard community sentence used for the majority of children and young people who offend. It will simplify sentencing for young people, while improving the flexibility of interventions.