In a bid to find £55m worth of cuts across the council this year, the youth services budget is being reduced by £1.2m this financial year (2011/2012). A further £2.8m of cuts across youth services will be brought in from 2012/13.
The number of full-time equivalent posts will be cut from 255 to 118.5. This includes reducing the number of team leaders from 23 to eight.
The council will focus funding on the most vulnerable young people in the county. Charities are to be handed a £1.8m pot each year to provide youth services.
The council hopes that some of those youth workers facing redundancy will be taken on by charities commissioned to run youth services.
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