The council hopes to call the new organisation Connexions Peterborough Young People's Service, but Rachel Rouncefield, head of integrated young people's service, said it has to get permission from the Department for Education and Skills.
The new service, which came into effect last week, will comprise three locality teams, made up of community-based youth workers, universal personal advisers, intensive personal advisers and positive activities key workers. Some of the teams will also include teenage pregnancy workers, specialist youth workers and minority ethnic new arrival link workers.
There will also be a onestop-shop in the city's central library, which will include information, advice and guidance and access to other services such as youth participation and the youth council.
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