Funding arrangements for the positions, introduced in 2005, have been up in the air for the past two months after attempts to fund them collectively through local authorities floundered.
The 25 posts were originally funded by the government and the Youth Justice Board. But the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) announced last January that responsibility would be shifted to local authorities from April 2009.
The Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) attempted to set up a "collective funding agreement" whereby local authorities would split the cost between them.
However, this failed because many councils were unable to make the financial commitment.
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