The Scaled Approach will require YOTs to tailor interventions with youngoffenders according to their likelihood of reoffending. It is due tolaunch in November alongside the Youth Rehabilitation Order.
But claims have been made that the training courses commissioned by theYouth Justice Board (YJB), could have been better designed.
Mike Thomas, chair of the Association of YOT Managers, said staff shouldbe trained together to ensure a shared understanding.
"Sitting in front of a computer is not the most appropriate way ofundertaking a new process," he said.
"It is lengthy, particularly at a time when staff should be spendingmore time face-to-face with youngsters."
Anxieties have already been raised that under the new system youngpeople convicted of the same crime could potentially be given differentsentences.
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