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Qualifications and Training Guide: Youth justice

Major changes are in store for the youth justice workforce in the wake of Youth Justice Board chair Charlie Taylor's review of the youth justice system published last year.

The number of frontline staff in young offender institutions (YOIs) will be boosted by 20 per cent. The recruitment drive will focus on broadening the ethnic diversity of the youth custody workforce.

The government intends to introduce a new role of youth justice officer in YOIs. Officers will be expected to demonstrate some skills found in social work, teaching and youth work, and will get on-the-job training or be recruited from these sectors. Each will support four young people, working on a personal development plan. The government is in discussions with partners to design the training. The plan is that practitioners will be able to move more freely between custody and community-based youth justice work. A new apprenticeship scheme will also be a route to the youth justice officer role.

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