The Youth Justice Board (YJB) has set aside £3m to fund 22 positions in the 11 YOIs it commissions beds in across England and Wales over the next three years.
The positions were created in 2005 but in recent years many posts have been left unfilled due to funding wrangles. By the end of 2009 more than half the posts were vacant.
John Drew, chief executive of the YJB, told CYP Now the board has been able to pay for the posts as a result of the recent fall in custody levels, which has saved millions.
By December 2009, custody levels had fallen to 2,203 from a peak of 3,175 in October 2002. They now stand below 2,000.
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