What is it?
- Service working with young offenders aged 10-18.
- Assessment & personalised plan for personal safety & wellbeing.
- Offers access to mental health & substance misuse services.
- Support at every stage, from police station to amends-making.
Here's more detail
Welcome to the Barnet Youth Justice Service page.
Information
Description
We work with young people who have committed an offence and are aged between 10 and 18 years. We support them to help make changes in their lives so they do not re-offend or cause further harm to the community. This includes promoting restorative justice and working with victims.
A Magistrate/District Judge at a court refers young people to the service when they convict them of an offence and give either a community or custodial sentence.
Check the Crown Prosecution Service legal guidanceExternal link for youth offenders.
We carry out an assessment for each young person referred to the service. This identifies the risks for that individual, and helps us produce and put in place a supervision plan which ensures their personal safety and wellbeing.
The team includes:
- social workers
- youth justice officers
- police officers
- probation officers
- family support worker
- restorative justice or victim worker
- clinical practitioners
- educational psychologist
The team also has staff for substance misuse and access to adolescent mental health services. It also works with health, housing, children’s services, schools and education authorities.
We also:
- help young people at the police station if arrested
- help young people and their families at court
- supervise young people serving a community sentence
- stay in touch with a young person if they’re sentenced to custody and help them to prepare for release and resettle back in the community
- arrange for young people to make amends for their behaviour
- provide support for parents of young people who are in trouble
- encourage young people to lead a positive and healthy lifestyle, including going to school, college or finding work
- support young people to access support with substance misuse, emotional or mental health
Location information
Main office address: Youth Justice Service, London Borough of Barnet, 2 Bristol Avenue, Colindale
London,
NW9 4EW
Appointments with children, young people and their families: Youth Justice Service, Barnet Family Friendly Hub, London Borough of Barnet, 2 Bristol Avenue, Colindale, NW9 4EW
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