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Youth justice: the route to qualification

6 mins read Careers Youth Justice
Few sectors are as complicated as youth justice, so choosing how to go about working in this area can seem daunting.

Youth justice can be simplified by being broken down into two distinct groups: those who work with children and young people day-to-day, such as youth offending teams (YOTs), child protection officers or youth court staff; and those who come into contact with them in the course of their work, such as the police, prosecution and court staff. 

The difficulty comes in trying to identify which qualifications are needed for a particular role, a task made harder by the fact the whole area is in flux and involves many organisations.

In England and Wales, the Youth Justice Board (YJB) oversees the youth justice system and has devised its own framework of qualifications for professionals working in the area. But the body tasked with improving workforce standards is Skills for Justice, which helps employers across the justice sector identify skills their staff need and promotes a range of National Occupational Standards (NOS). Skills for Justice is itself a member of the Children's Workforce Network, the alliance of sector skills councils, set up in response to Every Child Matters to help ensure staff working with children have the appropriate skills and knowledge.

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