What is the Youth Justice Service (YJS)?
The YJS provides a statutory duty to young people between 10 and 18yrs who are charged with criminal offences. The YJS also offers and delivers targeted prevention services for those children aged between 8 and 17 years old.
Who works for the YJS?
The YJS is a multi-agency team made up of social workers, youth justice workers, health workers, substance misuse workers, police officers, a probation officer and victim workers. The service also has a parenting officer and workers who help children and young people to access education, training and employment. The YJS recruits and trains community volunteers and uses sessional workers to engage with children during evenings and weekends.
What is a ‘Child First Approach? (How we support children and young people)
Cwm Taf YJS has a ‘Child First’ approach which treats children as children and seeks to ensure that children are not unnecessarily criminalised because of their vulnerabilities and the challenges they face.
We work to
- Prevent offending.
- Reduce the risk of further offending.
- Support children on bail.
- Prepare reports for the court.
- Supervise children on court orders.
- Help with children remanded to local authority care.
- Help children during and after custodial.
We also
- Run local crime prevention programmes.
- Offer voluntary interventions to children at risk of anti-social behaviour.
- Help children at the police station if they’re arrested.
- Run outreach projects in the community.
- Help parents, including supervising Parenting Orders.
- Support Victims.
How to contact us
Contact the Cwm Taf Youth Offending Services on:
Tel: 01443827300
Email: yotinfo@rctcbc.gov.uk