The new service will concentrate on universal provision for 13- to 19-year-olds, although a fifth of its budget will be set aside for the 11 to 13 age group. Steve White, community education officer for youth, will become head of the service.
Adrian Williams, assistant director of the council's education, libraries and heritage department, said: "Cambridgeshire's youth provision has always been integrated with adult and community learning. But it couldn't provide the specialist service required by Transforming Youth Work."
The council wants a JNC-qualified workforce and is planning a training programme for staff joining the service, many of whom come from the youth division's former home: the community education department.
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