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Youth Custody Service chief to step down

2 mins read Youth Justice
Helga Swidenbank is set to leave the Youth Custody Service (YCS), where she has been its executive director for the last four years.
Helga Swidenbank has been executive director at the YCS for four years
Helga Swidenbank has been executive director at the YCS for four years

Prior to joining the service in September 2018 she spent three years as director of probation at London Community Rehabilitation Company, part of a national network of offender management companies working with the National Probation Service.

The Service has already begun its search to replace her, with applicants for the role asked to apply before September 18.

John Drew, former Youth Justice Board (YJB) and senior associate at the Prison Reform Trust, said her time at the service had involved several challenges, including tackling low morale of staff, failures at secure training centres and supporting children amid the Covid pandemic.

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